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The Brothers Karamazov – 3: Sensualists
Click here for other installments in this review series… In the previous installment, we saw the Karamazov family and friends bickering at Alyosha’s home, the monastery. Now we see the Karamazov family feuding in its natural habitat, and as what the father Fyodor and the son Dmitri call themselves, half-proudly: “sensualists.” Book III really gets… Read more >>
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“It’s no use going back to yesterday…”
Just dropping by for a quick update! It’s getting to be a difficult time of year, in an equally challenging year. I hope to graduate in August, which means from now until then school remains fairly time-consuming. “Real life” issues have also been causing me a bit of stress. However, because of all this stuff… Read more >>
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Viktor Frankl and the Will to Meaning
On the bus this afternoon, I finished reading Viktor Frankl‘s nonfiction classic, Man’s Search for Meaning. It is a short, two-part memoir, detailing first his experiences as a Nazi concentration camp survivor, and second, his own system of psychotherapy, logotherapy. This latter is based on his belief that the driving force in human life is… Read more >>
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The Brothers Karamazov – 2: An Inappropriate Gathering
Click here for other installments in this review series… Oh, yes, I am still reading this book. It’s a quick read; I simply haven’t been reading very frequently. Case in point: book II is almost entirely the dialogue that takes place when the Karamazov family comes together at (of all places) the monastery. Dialogue is… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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