I think existentialism even goes back further than Dostoevsky. It seems the academics have made Dost the first. How about Shakespeare in MacBeth's Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow? Here is nothingness. this it the beginning for me. Nietzsche was the first Nazi. Don't let people on here argue otherwise. He believed in the superiority of his Teutonic fathers and wanted them to take over the world,,,thus, hitler.
omfg....i cant believe im reading this. Didnt you know that it was his sister that changed his writings and reflexions about "ubermensch" and sold it to the nazis and they used it as a symbol of the superiority. Ubermensch for nietsche was a "superman", meaning that you have to overpass your limits and discover what you are really capable of, nothing to do with nazi!!!
Dostoevsky was in no way an existentialist, he was a Russian Orthodox Christian who believed strongly in the compassionate elements of the Bible, mainly the Gospels. Notes From Underground was a harsh and satirical critique of the popular trend of Nihilism in Russia during his time. Crime and Punishment too is a critique of a distinctly un-christian ethic. Read Dostoevsky by Joseph Frank, it clears this up. F.D. anticipates Nietzsche and others, but is not aligned with them philosophically.
@GalenAus "Fyodor Dostoevsky ...famously argues that if God does not exist then everything is permitted, Nietzsche's overriding concern is to find a way to take the measure of human life in the modern world. Unlike Dostoevsky, however, Nietzsche sees a complicity between morality and the Christian God that perpetuates a life-denying, and so ultimately nihilistic, stance." -S.E. , F.D. discusses problems of existence that end up being resolved in self-destruction or return to Christianity.
@GalenAus He is belongs to the roots of what eventually will become existentialism, much like Kafka, but is not an existentialist himself. Discussing problems of existence does not make someone an existentialist. You may want to call him a proto-existentialist, but thats as far as we ought to go.
It's write to say Dostoyevsky wrote existentialist literature, but Dostoyevsky was not himself an existentialist. He was a devoted russian orthodox christian. Also Schopenhauer wasn't an existentialist.
Schopenhaeur was NOT an exerstentialist!!
you have been warned
person19951995 1 month ago
You must choose.
rgaleny 1 month ago
Rubbish, and a copy too.
insettostecco 1 month ago
lies this ant the other guy you tryed to copy collegbinary your animation is shit
thisisacunt 1 month ago
Copycat Killers
CazUnlimited 2 months ago
Dear me, this is poor.
Jaygull 2 months ago
Kierkegaard was the first existentialist. Schopenhaeur was not an existentialist. You totally missed the entire meaning of existentialism
CartesianCatholic 2 months ago 3
I think existentialism even goes back further than Dostoevsky. It seems the academics have made Dost the first. How about Shakespeare in MacBeth's Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow? Here is nothingness. this it the beginning for me. Nietzsche was the first Nazi. Don't let people on here argue otherwise. He believed in the superiority of his Teutonic fathers and wanted them to take over the world,,,thus, hitler.
JayGatsbyOdysseus 3 months ago
@JayGatsbyOdysseus
"Nietzsche was the first Nazi"
omfg....i cant believe im reading this. Didnt you know that it was his sister that changed his writings and reflexions about "ubermensch" and sold it to the nazis and they used it as a symbol of the superiority. Ubermensch for nietsche was a "superman", meaning that you have to overpass your limits and discover what you are really capable of, nothing to do with nazi!!!
Ginold 2 months ago
@Ginold Nietzsche was an individualist. The Nazis Usurped him.
rgaleny 1 month ago
Dostoevsky was in no way an existentialist, he was a Russian Orthodox Christian who believed strongly in the compassionate elements of the Bible, mainly the Gospels. Notes From Underground was a harsh and satirical critique of the popular trend of Nihilism in Russia during his time. Crime and Punishment too is a critique of a distinctly un-christian ethic. Read Dostoevsky by Joseph Frank, it clears this up. F.D. anticipates Nietzsche and others, but is not aligned with them philosophically.
mattmethod 4 months ago
@mattmethod no, he was an existentialist. stanford enyclopedia of philosophy even says so.
GalenAus 4 months ago
@GalenAus "Fyodor Dostoevsky ...famously argues that if God does not exist then everything is permitted, Nietzsche's overriding concern is to find a way to take the measure of human life in the modern world. Unlike Dostoevsky, however, Nietzsche sees a complicity between morality and the Christian God that perpetuates a life-denying, and so ultimately nihilistic, stance." -S.E. , F.D. discusses problems of existence that end up being resolved in self-destruction or return to Christianity.
mattmethod 4 months ago
@GalenAus He is belongs to the roots of what eventually will become existentialism, much like Kafka, but is not an existentialist himself. Discussing problems of existence does not make someone an existentialist. You may want to call him a proto-existentialist, but thats as far as we ought to go.
mattmethod 4 months ago
You did not read Dostoevsky. READ and you will see.
HenryT5 5 months ago
Im still waiting..... I have been staring at the 48sec mark for 5min and still the focus on Notes From Underground has not started.
Crash171 5 months ago
This is 48 second philosophy
TheVladimirtk 6 months ago
- right
rickmcn1986 7 months ago
It's write to say Dostoyevsky wrote existentialist literature, but Dostoyevsky was not himself an existentialist. He was a devoted russian orthodox christian. Also Schopenhauer wasn't an existentialist.
rickmcn1986 7 months ago