Episode #222 ... Dostoevsky - Love in The Brothers Karamazov

第222集...陀思妥耶夫斯基——《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》中的爱情

Philosophize This‪!‬

社会与文化

2025-02-16

40 分钟
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Today we talk about the philosophical themes around love in The Brothers Karamazov. We talk about Dostoevsky's existential, tragic form of Christianity. Family as a microcosm of society. Active love as an experiential framing. The Grand Inquisitor. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Rocket Money: http://www.RocketMoney.com/PT Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow
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  • Hello, everyone.

  • I'm Stephen West.

  • This is Philosophize This.

  • So today we're going to be talking about the book The Brothers Karamazov, which means,

  • among other things, we're going to be talking today about the faith of Dostoevsky.

  • Faith was a big part of how he lived his life, where if you're someone that spent many years studying him, you know,

  • reading the journals, the letters, the notes of Dostoevsky,

  • people will often describe his view of faith as a kind of existential, tragic form of Christianity.

  • That's the kind of thing they'll say when trying to describe his faith in all its layers,

  • which to a modern person who just hears that,

  • especially if you haven't listened to these last four episodes we've done building to this point,

  • that can sound on the surface like it's kind of an oxymoron, like tragic Christianity, existential questions.

  • I mean, isn't Christianity the thing you believe in?

  • So you don't got to be in agony with existential dread every day.

  • I mean, someone could say that when it comes to how most people seem to be using this Christianity thing,

  • Jesus was basically a fidget spinner that had 12 disciples.

  • I mean,

  • how can that ever be anything but something that helps people cope with a painful reality they can't fully affirm?

  • Well, if you want to understand where he's coming from with his faith,

  • first thing we got to make sure we're doing is not reducing Christianity and all of religion for that matter to just a superficial,