For Dostoevsky. . . freedom, responsibility, and the potential for surprise define the human essence. That essence makes possible everything of value. The human soul is “so little known, so obscure to science, and so mysterious, that there are not and cannot be either physicians or final judges,” only unfinalizable people under the God who made them free.
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Dostoyevsky: Philosopher of freedom
Gary Saul Morson. The New Criterion
Thursday, January 21, 2021