Episode 164: Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” on Perfection (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Dosto Eschi's the Beautiful Prince
Beauty is, of course, a big theme in the novel. For Michigan, what that means is a perfectly loving human being. So like Jesus, he loves everybody. He can't be cruel. And that's what causes the problem at the end because he sometimes is a problem if you love two people because they don't want to love each other.
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