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The Idiot

An introduction by Agnes Cardinal, Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately le

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2)

“There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one’s idea for thirty-five years; there’s someth…”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com

Tagged: Thoughts, Ideas, Communication

“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com

Tagged: human actions, humanity, Complexity, Human Behavior