Dostoevsky Flashcards

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Who are the brothers karamazov ?

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  • dimitri:

wordly, sensualbut increasingly self aware

  • Ivan:

rational,principled , inwardly troubled, rebellious

  • -Alyosha:

Novitate russian orthodox monk

spiritually focused, compassionate but initially purist

his faith is constantly tested

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Who is father zosima ?

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Alyosha’s spiritual mentor

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The concept of Ivan’ athehism :

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  • At times ivan seems to be saying that he doesn’t actually belived in god
  • At times sems something more complex
  • Ivans wants to believe in the goodness of the world, even of the goodness of god , but reality leads him to despair
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Does ivan believed in god?

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Not desbeilief in god but rejection of god

“return him the tickets!”

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meaning of :

“God is all knowing , all good and yet still allows for terrible evilo to happens”

accordfing to ivan

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Ivan argues that the conventional view of God seems false

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to what ?, Ivan direct it outrage

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at morals evils

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what “collection facts” use ivan ?

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  • The sweet tooth turks
  • well-bred swiss
  • the russians (them)
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