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Episode 164: Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot" on Perfection (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Dosto Esky - I Know I'm Not Going to Go to the Doctor

Mark: I was thinking about the fact that she importantly doesn't always do what's good for herself. The theme of doing things that you know are going to harm you as a sort of property of your freedom is a big recurring theme throughout all the Dosto esky novels, he says. Mark: There is something else in life aside from reason and goodness that is in the prince there's some kind of passion but why is it so important?

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