Each discussion that we have had thus far of "Notes from the Underground" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky has enlightened me on the habits of human nature. For example, I never realized that oftentimes, people pretend to be offended when people say something offensive pertaining to them when in reality, they do not even care. People do this to merely get a reaction out of others. This is most likely for validation. To answer Fyodor Dostoyevsky's question, I believe that these kinds of people do have respect for themselves but are just looking for attention.
In these passages, Dostoyevsky wants to use the laws of nature as a sort of wall. He uses this wall to lean on but freaks out when the laws of nature, or this wall, are not there for him to explain some circumstances. The author then goes on to claim that active people are stupid. I disagree with this claim. He says that this is because they do not really think about what they invest themselves in. I think that the contrary is true.
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