Saturday, December 03, 2005
Why you should read Dostoevsky
Their chief peculiarity is summed up by Shigalyov, the leading theoretician in Demons, commenting on his own system: "My conclusion directly contradicts the original idea I start from. Starting from unlimited freedom, I conclude with unlimited despotism. I will add, however, that apart from my solution to the social formula, there is no other."