Ep. 316: Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov": PEL Live in NYC (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1880 existentialist novel, focusing mostly on the "Rebellion" and "Grand Inquisitor" chapters.
How can we reconcile ourselves to the existence of evil and suffering? The character Ivan argues that we can't, that children's suffering can't be justified by any alleged Divine Plan. Dostoevsky's answer to this challenge is practical, concrete love and service to others, but does this really address or merely sidestep Ivan's challenge?
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| 0:00.0 | Please welcome to the stage the partially examined life. |
| 0:22.5 | You're listening to the partially examined life, a podcast by some guys who are at one |
| 0:25.6 | point said I'm doing philosophy for a living what then fought better of it. |
| 0:29.6 | Tonight we are live all in the same room on the same stage at the caveat on the island of Manhattan. |
| 0:35.6 | We've come out tonight to enable universal happiness with our miracles, our mystery, our authority. |
| 0:41.6 | Our question for tonight's discussion which is episode 316 is something like how can we reconcile ourselves to the existence of evil and suffering. |
| 0:48.6 | Our text is the brother Karamazah from Fyodor Gustavsky, published in 1880. |
| 0:54.6 | My name is Mark Linton-Meyer, loving life regardless of logic. |
| 1:00.6 | My name is Seth Paskin and my ideal is to go to church and offer a candle in simple, hearted faith. |
| 1:08.6 | And this is the absolute truth. |
| 1:11.6 | This is Wes Allen and I am holding out for the higher harmony. |
| 1:15.6 | And I'm Dylan Casey holding out an onion for anyone to grab after the show. |
| 1:21.6 | Thank you for coming. |
| 1:23.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:24.6 | Yes, thank you so much. |
| 1:26.6 | This is very nice, very nice people. |
| 1:30.6 | There are people, do you know people exist? |
| 1:32.6 | Apparently they do. |
| 1:33.6 | Besides you four, three, three. |
| 1:35.6 | How you usually see four on the screen? |
| 1:38.6 | Yeah, but we're only sure of our own selves when the other three are on the screen. |
| 1:42.6 | It's a similar room. |
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