
Episode 164: Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” on Perfection (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Evolgan, the Pathological Liar, Father of Ganya
I don't even see him as naive, exactly. In fact, some of the times other characters thought he was naive. His lack of observance of social graces and all that stuff, it's not that he doesn't know what they are. It really does seem he's just acting out of principle or inclination, but it's not out of a lack of knowledge. I was more thinking of his self-knowledge. At the beginning, when he introduces himself as an idiot, he presents himself as not somebody who'd be in the running for any romantic entanglements because he's just not medically made up for it. But clearly, pretty quickly, he falls into the role of
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