He is one of the only good characters in the book, he embodies selflessness and love. Probably the closest any of them comes to a Christian even though he lacks faith.
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by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:50 pm
by Reikoku » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:56 pm
Mardla wrote:Reikoku wrote:
I've not read the book, but I suspect that Dostoyevski would have reserved no cruel and unusual punishment for the character who embodied the blasphemy he would've detested.
He is one of the only good characters in the book, he embodies selflessness and love. Probably the closest any of them comes to a Christian even though he lacks faith.
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:00 pm
by Reikoku » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:02 pm
Mardla wrote:Reikoku wrote:
That's... surprising. I should probably read the book then.
His greatest and most horrific work. The chapter about the charismatic nihilist raping the child who then kills herself is at the end of most editions, as it was forced out in the original publication, but it's important to understand a lot.
by Bienenhalde » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:30 pm
Vince Vaughn wrote:Benuty wrote:Democracy is dead, and we have struck the final blow towards it dragging it, and the gods it serves to their graves howling, and scream. One leader, one state, one government, and one ideology are the true path towards the future in a realm of decaying skeleton skyrises, the men who made them, and their howling gods.
Tbh I think the world would've been better off if John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Dow, and Andrew Carnegie overthrew the U.S. government and ruled it as a corporate dictatorship.
by Mattopilos II » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:33 pm
Reikoku wrote:Mardla wrote:His greatest and most horrific work. The chapter about the charismatic nihilist raping the child who then kills herself is at the end of most editions, as it was forced out in the original publication, but it's important to understand a lot.
Well, at least he didn't pussyfoot around when he wrote about nihilism, unlike a lot of self-proclaimed 'nihilists' today.
by Benuty » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:34 pm
Bienenhalde wrote:Vince Vaughn wrote:
Tbh I think the world would've been better off if John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Dow, and Andrew Carnegie overthrew the U.S. government and ruled it as a corporate dictatorship.
I think the world would have been better off if Britain had won the revolutionary war and America had retained the monarchy.
by Northern Davincia » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:39 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:"Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Hoppe."
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:51 pm
Bienenhalde wrote:Vince Vaughn wrote:
Tbh I think the world would've been better off if John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Dow, and Andrew Carnegie overthrew the U.S. government and ruled it as a corporate dictatorship.
I think the world would have been better off if Britain had won the revolutionary war and America had retained the monarchy.
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:12 pm
by Mattopilos II » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:13 pm
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:16 pm
Mattopilos II wrote:Mardla wrote:Nihilism was serious shit then. Now it's gone into a sort of comfortable torpor. Similar to what happened with Christianity.
Depends what we mean by nihilism. It isn't a single concept on its own, much like Christianity isn't all united under a single sect (which would be a contradiction given the meaning of sect).
by Mattopilos II » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:20 pm
Mardla wrote:Mattopilos II wrote:
Depends what we mean by nihilism. It isn't a single concept on its own, much like Christianity isn't all united under a single sect (which would be a contradiction given the meaning of sect).
Nihilist anarchism.
Christian sects are all wrong, ofc, in the original church, all bishops were one in communion.
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:22 pm
by Herskerstad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:12 pm
by Frievolk » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:13 pm
Herskerstad wrote:Apparently Tunisia has taken to doing forced anal exams on suspected homosexuals.
I thought that was supposed to be the ME's best example.
♔ The Frievolker Empire || Frievolker Kaiserreik ♔
♔ The Realm in the Sun || De Reik in de Sonne ♔
♔ Led by Kaiser Johann, Part of the Erstwelt ♔
Never forget that the Muslims literally made up a new meaningless name for him when they forgot the name of Adam's Firstborn.
by El-Amin Caliphate » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:14 pm
Herskerstad wrote:Apparently Tunisia has taken to doing forced anal exams on suspected homosexuals.
I thought that was supposed to be the ME's best example.
https://americanvision.org/948/theonomy-vs-theocracy/ wrote:God’s law cannot govern a nation where God’s law does not rule in the hearts of the people
Plaetopia wrote:Partly Free / Hybrid regime (score 4-6) El-Amin Caliphate (5.33)
by Mattopilos II » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:15 pm
by Frievolk » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:16 pm
♔ The Frievolker Empire || Frievolker Kaiserreik ♔
♔ The Realm in the Sun || De Reik in de Sonne ♔
♔ Led by Kaiser Johann, Part of the Erstwelt ♔
Never forget that the Muslims literally made up a new meaningless name for him when they forgot the name of Adam's Firstborn.
by Herskerstad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:18 pm
by Mattopilos II » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:18 pm
by El-Amin Caliphate » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:21 pm
https://americanvision.org/948/theonomy-vs-theocracy/ wrote:God’s law cannot govern a nation where God’s law does not rule in the hearts of the people
Plaetopia wrote:Partly Free / Hybrid regime (score 4-6) El-Amin Caliphate (5.33)
by Mardla » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:23 pm
Herskerstad wrote:Apparently Tunisia has taken to doing forced anal exams on suspected homosexuals.
I thought that was supposed to be the ME's best example.
by Herskerstad » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:26 pm
by El-Amin Caliphate » Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:28 pm
https://americanvision.org/948/theonomy-vs-theocracy/ wrote:God’s law cannot govern a nation where God’s law does not rule in the hearts of the people
Plaetopia wrote:Partly Free / Hybrid regime (score 4-6) El-Amin Caliphate (5.33)
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