mangocats's review against another edition
5.0
brilliant brilliant brilliant!!!!
“We have completed that work in Thy name…people are more persuaded than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet”
“Do you really think that the Roman Catholic movement of the last centuries is actually nothing but the lust of power, of filthy earthly gain?”
a beautifully ironic chapter.
complex conversation about society’s desire for freedom and dread of suffering and the knowledge of good and evil… and how the catholic church offers the illusion of salvation and structure that people long for…
“We have completed that work in Thy name…people are more persuaded than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet”
“Do you really think that the Roman Catholic movement of the last centuries is actually nothing but the lust of power, of filthy earthly gain?”
a beautifully ironic chapter.
complex conversation about society’s desire for freedom and dread of suffering and the knowledge of good and evil… and how the catholic church offers the illusion of salvation and structure that people long for…
kayaaaaaaaaa's review against another edition
“it is this need for a community of bowing down that has been the principal torment of each individual person and of mankind as a whole since the earliest ages…they have created gods and challenged one another : and so it will be until the world’s end, when even gods will vanish from the world : whatever happens they will fall down before idols.”
spukschloss's review against another edition
reflective
Nightmare blunt edition Ivan Karamazov's going to start telling you stories about child cruelty
jarichan's review against another edition
4.0
Ein Auszug aus dem berühmten Werk "Die Brüder Karamasov". Diese Geschichte in der Geschichte wurde so bekannt, dass sie unterdessen auch separat veröffentlicht wird.
Jesus kommt zur Zeit der Inquisition zurück auf die Erde. Was ist geschehen? Was wird geschehen? Wahrscheinlich nicht das, was wir uns alle denken.
Auf jeden Fall macht dieser kurze Text enorm Lust darauf, das gesamte Buch zu lesen und so auch den Kontext kennenzulernen, in welchem die Geschichte um den Grossinquisitor erzählt wird.
Jesus kommt zur Zeit der Inquisition zurück auf die Erde. Was ist geschehen? Was wird geschehen? Wahrscheinlich nicht das, was wir uns alle denken.
Auf jeden Fall macht dieser kurze Text enorm Lust darauf, das gesamte Buch zu lesen und so auch den Kontext kennenzulernen, in welchem die Geschichte um den Grossinquisitor erzählt wird.
mariaklingsheim's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
ostrava's review against another edition
5.0
I have to give credit where it's due, Dostoevsky really does understand the anti-theistic mind. He's far more invested in the challenge than my initial assumptions would have lead me to believe.
The mind challenges the soul...
The mind challenges the soul...
srmgreabe's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
unsure of how much i agree with the philosophy surrounding human nature but it is damn interesting nonetheless. a poignant critique of religious institutions.
manchineel's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
A piece of a whole book but it is more than 10 chapters on a literature.
sootytugboat0's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0