<story><title>Dostoyevsky&apos;s “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014)</title><url>https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/11/dostoyevsky-dream/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>coleifer</author><text>&amp;gt; I saw and know that men could be beautiful and happy, without losing the capacity to live upon the earth.&lt;p&gt;This struck me as the revelation that changed the protagonist&amp;#x27;s perspective. And Dostoyevsky presents this using the irrational, symbolic language of dreams: a vision of human dignity. He concludes by quoting Christ&amp;#x27;s commandment... showing that this isn&amp;#x27;t new knowledge. It&amp;#x27;s been known for a very long time, but one must experience suffering and a spiritual death before the full significance of the commandment can be understood.&lt;p&gt;Kierkegaard&amp;#x27;s book on Christian love provides an in-depth (and sometimes tedious) discussion of the necessity of love of ones neighbor. Recommend checking it out if you&amp;#x27;re curious to read &lt;i&gt;why&lt;/i&gt; one could come to view such love as necessary for life.</text></comment>
<story><title>Dostoyevsky&apos;s “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014)</title><url>https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/11/dostoyevsky-dream/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Storiesofsome1</author><text>This was an incredible read! This is my first introduction to Dostoyesvky and I’m engrossed.&lt;p&gt;So from these excerpts, his profound writing reminds me of another great writer I admire the most; Poe.   
Poe’s writing has had a profound effect on me and so has this story by Dostoyesvky.&lt;p&gt;I see the similarity in the sense that both of these writers seem to distill such great truths about life and translate them into poetical and lyrical writing.&lt;p&gt;The conventional plot is barebones in their stories but their focus lies on the inner turmoil, revolving intensely around a lonesome nihilistic character musing about the existence, human desires and the consequent suffering that results thereafter.&lt;p&gt;I’m a fan now and will definitely be reading more of Dostoyesvky.</text></comment>