| Ce citim | | Scris de D.C.C. | | Joi, 08 Septembrie 2022 20:53 |  Motto: "In the face of such icons as the Vladimir one, it is easiest to understand why the veneration of the Mother of God plays such an exceptional role in the history of Christianity... Mankind in the image of the Mother, grieving for the crucified Son, saw the most complete embodiment of that element of the spirit, which is called love and only love and which knows neither the law of justice, nor the law of retribution - no laws, except the law of pity and compassion" - Aleksandr I. Anisimov(*)Read more |
| Ce citim | | Scris de Dostoievski et al. | | Joi, 25 August 2022 18:30 |  Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series: Varenka's Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]) Nellie's Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]) Marie's Story (from The Idiot, 1868 [suggested by Anna Dostoevskaya in correspondence pertaining to the 1897 anthology, DPC X]) At The Select Boarding School (fromRead more |
| | Ce citim | | Scris de Karamazov | | Luni, 25 Iulie 2022 19:40 |  {From the fact that in real life certain people, at a certain stage of spiritual development, and presumably after a certain number of ascending steps taken on the Ladder of askesis and/or suffering, can embody the 'all are guilty for all ethics' profitably for themselves and others, it does not seem to follow that anyone, at any time, can immediately do so. The Idiot, perhaps, suggests this practical, 'non-Euclidean' caveat, better than is usually acknowledged...} *** From The Great PaterikonRead more |
| Ce citim | | Scris de Dostoievski et al. | | Sâmbătă, 25 Iunie 2022 16:10 |  Previously in the _Dostoevsky for Parents and Children_ series: Varenka's Memoirs (from the novel _Poor Folk_, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from _Stories of a Man of Experience_, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]) Nellie's Story (from _The Insulted and Injured_, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]) At The Select Boarding School (from the novel _The Adolescent_, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Merchant's Story (from the novel _The Adolescent_, 1875Read more |
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