“Good People Are Idiots” | Dostoevsky’s The Idiot
October 8, 2024
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As far back as Plato, people have asked "what is the point of being good?". We find this today in the phrase "nice guys finish last" or "it's a dog eat dog world". Few people have had the courage to suggest that it might be worth being kind even when it does not go our way. but Dostoevsky is one of them. This is The Idiot, Dostoevsky's most personal book, and here he talks about the courage, and the foolishness, of being kind.
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