The Antinomies of the Freedom, or the Three Temptations of Dostoevsky
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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent29.02.037Keywords:
freedom, God-Man, Man-God, people the god-bearer, antinomy, the existential, being, meaningAbstract
In this article the main theme of Dostoevsky – the freedom is analyzed. Researchers, who study the legacy of Dostoevsky, try to consider one or another aspect of his work as a more or less constant, complete system. Following the Russian tradition, they seek to record a "positive" Dostoevsky. The author believes that there is no such Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky put "cursed questions" not to get a final answer to them but merely for the process of questioning what actually means "living" them through. The author believes that the antinomy of freedom for Dostoevsky leaves open the problem of choosing between the Boholyudyna and Lyudyno-boh. The content of his works is studying their opposition within the human soul, which lasts throughout life. The process of choice, the arguments in favor of one or the other are more important for Dostoevsky than the final answer.
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Nemchynov, I. (2013). The Antinomies of the Freedom, or the Three Temptations of Dostoevsky. Sententiae, 29(2), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent29.02.037
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