Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes...
character desired man necessary reduce work
If it were desired to reduce man to nothing, it would be necessary only to give his work a character of uselessness
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Innovators and men of genius have almost always been regarded as fools at the beginning (and very often at the end) of their careers.
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Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if he was surrounded by bread.