“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky was a very deep writer who possessed interesting thoughts to say the least. He was the precursor to the nineteenth century philosophical movement called Existentialism. I find him to be a very gritty and messy writer but he is without a doubt the most passionate writer I’ve ever read. He’s truly a rare breed because although he may lack aesthetic direction in his prose he can write very deeply. In short Dostoevsky is a true writer because he understood what it meant to be a human being; he understood what it meant to truly suffer. Dostoevsky is regarded as one the greatest literary psychologists to have ever lived, his books often explore the dark side of the human psyche. With Dostoevsky we can explore ourselves and question who we are. Through his writings we gaze into the eyes of our darkest demons.
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