Today’s topic of discussion had to do with a few concepts
that Dostoyevski brings up. For starters, Dostoyevski continues to speak of his
intelligence as a disease. At first glance this seems incredibly irrational as
many consider intelligence a blessing, but when looked upon as Dostoyevski does
one can see the negative aspects of intelligence. This is essentially a more
complicated form of “Ignorance is Bliss”, but rather than focusing on the bliss
brought upon by ignorance, it focuses on the hardships or suffering that
intelligence brings. Furthermore, I find it fascinating how Dostoyevski is able
to understand every point of view and how it leads to nothing in the end
because he can never make up his mind. Again, one would think that this ability
to see two sides to everything would be an advantage, but to Dostoyevski it
simply creates internal conflict.
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