And in Dostoevsky’s world (and perhaps in ours), sincerity is indistinguishable from insanity.
Because in the end, the only thing worse than being called an idiot for loving too much... is being praised as a genius for not loving at all. o idiota dostoievski
The Underground Man vs. The Idiot: Why Dostoevsky’s Most Misunderstood Hero is the Only Sane One Left And in Dostoevsky’s world (and perhaps in ours),
We have pathologized kindness. We tell our children, "Don’t be a pushover." We tell our friends, "They don’t deserve your empathy." We have decided that to be good is to be naive; to be moral is to be a mark. The Underground Man vs
Here is the thesis:
But in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky—the master of psychological torment—wrote a novel called The Idiot . And if you pick it up expecting a story about a man with a low IQ, you are in for the most uncomfortable spiritual sucker punch of your life.