Wednesday post

The narrator continues with a bit of satire as he mocks the lofty intellectuals that claim that man , should he be fully "enlightened" , would become good and noble because he understands his real advantage. I agree with the underground man as he refutes such claims and asserts that most men actively seek out the most absurd routes for solving their problems. The advantages mentioned in the book such as prosperity and freedom seem like rational things men strive for yet there are many instances of men going actively against such advantages. I think what Dostoyevsky is saying is that there must be an inborn desire in men that seeks to go against all advantages even if they consciously know that they are doing so. They do this to achieve a remarkable advantage that Dostoevsky vaguely alludes to as the "most advantageous advantage". If I were to speculate what this advantage is I would say man gets a kick out of going against what is logical and reasonable and thrives off the disorder of it all.