Reposted Quote About Dostoevsky

"[Dostoevsky's] most dangerous characters are the strongest intellectually, and not only do I maintain that the mind and the will of Dostoevsky's characters are active solely for evil, but that, when urged and guided towards good, the virtue to which they attain is rotten with pride and leads to destruction. Dostoevsky's heroes inherit the Kingdom of God only by the denial of mind and will and the surrender of personality."


I'm beginning to think Dostoevsky and Luther were of one mind about human nature. The interesting thing is the difference in Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran anthropology. If Dostoevsky subscribed to the Orthodox doctrine of man, he did not believe in total depravity. I would like to explore his thinking on this matter. - DOB