tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413418028303666065.post425897500996162576..comments2023-04-26T09:27:30.046-04:00Comments on Absinthe Minded: The Wisdom of Dostoevsky’s Father Zossima and Current Political RhetoricDwayne D. Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838017756012967091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413418028303666065.post-49343923908882315962011-07-15T00:03:54.239-04:002011-07-15T00:03:54.239-04:00Good work finding the Kurtz quote! You're spot...Good work finding the Kurtz quote! You're spot on in my view, and so was Father Z. (Google took me to your blog as I checked my recollection of the novel).<br />I must have read the Brothers K 5 times before I turned thirty, and I discovered 40 years later that my daughter did too.<br />Today I can begin to see that indeed "every act of humanity involves our complicity." And so here we are.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197437148081858039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413418028303666065.post-84406320323269847982011-01-14T11:15:10.940-05:002011-01-14T11:15:10.940-05:00Happy New Year, Philip. I think one could write a ...Happy New Year, Philip. I think one could write a book titled "All I Ever Needed to Learn I Learned From Reading Dostoevsky"!Dwayne D. Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838017756012967091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413418028303666065.post-69926991391137648972011-01-12T08:31:13.840-05:002011-01-12T08:31:13.840-05:00Way to drop Fyodor into the mix!
Our political cu...Way to drop Fyodor into the mix!<br /><br />Our political culture, indeed, the opposite of the guilt-bearing subjectivity of Zosima and Christianity. For a "Christian" nation--if one accepts the premise--it's all rather strange.<br /><br />On the other hand, to say we're all guilty implies that every act of humanity involves our complicity, and that too is very strange indeed.<br /><br />A dose of humility and responsibility would go a long way.<br /><br />Happy New Year, Absinthe.Philip Metreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.com