PHL220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Good And Evil, Plotinus, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Background: novel: brothers karamazov, main theme: atheism vs. theism, brothers, alexei (alyosha): youngest; monk apprentice, mentor: father zosima. Wants to live even if lose faith in everything else; youth will overcome everything. Thirst for life is a feature of the karamazov: dmitri: oldest; rough, gambler, atheism vs. theism, ivan"s view: existential atheism: existing without god . Metaphysical atheism: belief that god is not real. Existential atheism: no experience of god, do not exist with god: zosima"s view: existential theism: existing with god o metaphysical theism vs. existential theism. Existential theism: experience of god in the world, exist with god: existential theism and traditional religious mysticism: e. g. , plotinus. Geneva: richard beheaded; converted to christianity before death. Illegitimate child; raised by sheppards in cruel fashion. In prison, taught him to read and write; learned about christianity, became christian and repented. Learned difference between good and evil: poet necrosoph. Peasant flogging horse in meek eyes: russia: 5 year old girl hated by parents.
