Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Following up on our live episode, we further ponder the 1869 novel, revisiting the "problem of evil" arguments and how the various brothers cope with an imperfect world. Plus, we relate Dostoevsky to other existentialists.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Partial Exam in Life, a podcast by some guys where at one point |
| 0:10.9 | said I'm doing philosophy for living but then thought better of it. |
| 0:13.5 | Our question for episode 317 is something like, what is religious existentialism or continue |
| 0:18.9 | to look at Dostoevsky's The Brother's Caramazov? |
| 0:21.4 | For more information, please see PartialExaminedLife.com. |
| 0:24.9 | My name is Mark Linsomir, 3000 Rubels Short in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:28.6 | This is Seth Paskin, holy but tedious in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:32.9 | This is Wes Aulman, loving the sticky little leaves of spring and Cambridge Massachusetts. |
| 0:38.7 | This is Dylan Casey wanting to behave and be recognized as a gentleman in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:45.6 | We're no longer live. |
| 0:47.0 | We're live. |
| 0:48.0 | We're just not live with other people. |
| 0:49.8 | That's right amongst ourselves. |
| 0:51.4 | You'll not get to see our pretty faces for this part. |
| 0:54.8 | It seems like, man, that live show that just went by in a rush. |
| 0:59.5 | We have to think about for future venues doing somewhere that will give us at least two |
| 1:04.0 | hours and not an hour and a half. |
| 1:05.7 | Yeah, I think a perfect time would have been an hour and a half of us doing our stuff |
| 1:11.8 | and then a half an hour of Q&A and then be done. |
| 1:15.2 | That would have been perfect. |
| 1:16.2 | But it was a great show. |
| 1:17.2 | It was great though. |
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