“Orice poate fi discutabil pana la infinit, dar din mine nu a razbit decat negarea, fara niciun fel de generozitate si fara niciun fel de forta. Asadar, nici macar o negare adevarata n-am fost in stare sa intruchipez. Totul si intotdeauna n-a fost decat meschin si fara vlaga. Supragenerosul Kirillov n-a suportat ideea si s-a impuscat; dar eu imi dau seama ca a fost atat de generos pentru ca nu era in toate mintile. Eu nu sunt capabil sa-mi pierd ratiunea vreodata si nu sunt in stare sa cred vreodata intr-o idee, in masura in care a crezut el. Nici chiar sa ma preocupe o idee in aceeasi masura nu sunt in stare. Niciodata, niciodata nu voi fi capabil sa ma impusc. Imi dau seama ca ar trebui sa ma omor, sa ma inlatur de pe suprafata pamantului ca pe o ganganie respingatoare, dar ma tem de sinucidere, pentru ca mi-e frica sa arat marime sufleteasca. Stiu ca va fi inca o inselaciune, ultima inselaciune intr-un sir nesfarsit de inselaciuni. Ce folos sa te inseli pe tine insuti, numai pentru a face pe generosul? Nu sunt capabil de indignare sau rusine si, prin urmare, nici de disperare.”
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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer, essayist and philosopher, perhaps most recognized today for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.
Dostoyevsky's literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th-century existentialism, his Notes from Underground (1864), written in the embittered voice of the anonymous "underground man", was called by Walter Kaufmann the "best overture for existentialism ever written."
His tombstone reads "Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." from John 12:24, which is also the epigraph of his final novel, The Brothers Karamazov.