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

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The Power of Ivan's Tiradade

Ivan's tirade rests in the fact that he's talking about the suffering of children. But contrary to what he says, it's not harder to limit yourself to children. It's actually easier. He is guilty of Moro's delectation, the excessive dwelling on impure thoughts on all the bad stuff. The problem here is that Ivan does not accept the basic goodness of the world and doesn't accept the human species.

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