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The Problem of Evil, Dystopia, and Dostoevsky's ‘The Brothers Karamazov' | Prof. Stephen Meredith

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Manicaeism and Nihilism

The term nihilism was first popularized by Tregenia's novel, Fathers and Sons. Dostoevsky rebutted nihilism and allied it with scientism. Lucretius and Epicurus sought what they called Adiraxia - serene calmness even in the face of troubles.

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