Philosophical Anthropology and Dostoevsky's “Legend of the Grand Inquisitor

The political thought of Fyodor Dostoevsky grows out of his opposition to nihilism, atheistic humanism, and socialism in much the same way as the philosophy of Plato grew out of his opposition to the sophists. Indeed, the parallel of Dostoevsky's thought with that of Plato is to be seen in some further aspects of this fundamental opposition. Both the Russian master of the novel and the Hellenic founder of political science confronted adversaries for whom “Man is the measure of all things” and each based his opposition on the principle “God is the Measure,” to use Plato's formulation. This declaration, echoing like a thunderclap across more than twenty centuries of history, found consummate expression in the last great work of each writer: the Laws and The Brothers Karamazov

Art · Epistemology · Fyodor · Humanism · Literature · Nihilism · Opposition (politics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Religious studies · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought

• The political value of humility

  Open Access•Kyle Scott•Acta Politica•2014

  Incluir item

• FromSkandalonto Scandal

  Open Access•Harriet Murav•Slavic Review•2004

  Incluir item

• Studies in Rebellion

  E Lampert•Studies in Rebellion•2019

  Incluir item

• Outlines of Russian Culture

  Eleanor Davis, PaulHG Miliukov et al.•Outlines of Russian Culture•1942

  Incluir item

• Marx’s Concept of Man

  Erich Fromm•Marx's concept of man•2013

  Incluir item

• What Is Political Philosophy

  Open Access•Charles Larmore•What Is Political Philosophy?•2020

  Incluir item

• The Brothers Karamazov

  George Gibian, Ralph E Matlaw•The Slavic and East European…•1957

  Incluir item

• A Solovyov Anthology

  A M Fairweather, Alexander Fairweather et al.•The Philosophical Quarterly•1952

  Incluir item

• Saint Tikhon Zadonsky, Inspirer of Dostoevsky

  Marthe Blinoff, Nadejda Gorodetzky•The Russian Review•1952

  Incluir item

• A Treasury of Russian Spirituality

  N S Timasheff, G P Fedotov•The Russian Review•1949

  Incluir item

• Freedom and the Tragic Life; A Study in Dostoevsky

  Rene Fueloep-Miller, Vyacheslav Ivanov et al.•The Russian Review•1953

  Incluir item

• Bakunin's Confession

  Eric Voegelin•The Journal of Politics•1946

  Incluir item

• No Morality without Immortality

  Paul Ramsey•The Journal of Religion•1956

  Incluir item

• Order and History

  Moses Hadas, Eric Voegelin•Journal of the History of Ideas•1958

  Incluir item

• Outlines of Russian Culture

  William Henry Chamberlin, Paul Miliukov et al.•The Russian Review•1942

  Incluir item