Also if you are interested in Dostoevsky I just went on Revolution Left Radio to talk about his life and works:
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dostoevsky
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dostoevsky
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Revolutionary Left Radio: Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Great Russian Novelist and Proto-Existentialist
In this episode, (from ) returns to the show, this time to discuss the life, religion, politics, art, and psychology of the 19th century Russian literary giant Fyodor Dostoevsky - one of the greatest novelists of all time and the author of Crime and Punishmentโฆ
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Why is it always "life is meaningless, which is why I'm being an asshole", and never "life is meaningless, which is why I'm kind to everyone regardless"?
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"In an unrelated manner, where did you get the money to build this castle? Was it from your own labor, or...?"
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What do you mean? Of course the philosophy department should be preventing philosophy. Just like the police department should be preventing police.
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Don't worry though the Super Poets showed up right after and wrote some really beautiful poetry about the tragedy.
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Raccoons don't actually have existential angst because they already know the meaning of life (eating trash).
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Elon Musk: "yes but I can't profit from public transportation so how does that fit into it?"
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