Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. His literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880).
Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. As such, he is also looked upon as a philosopher and theologian as well.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
“Sonra anladım ki, Sonya, herkesin akıllı olmasını beklemeye kalkarsam bu çok uzun sürecek… Sonra gene anladım ki, asla gerçekleşemeyecek bir şeydir bu, insanlar asla değişemeyeceklerdir, kimse de değiştiremeyecektir onları, bunun için çaba harcamaya değmez… Evet, böyle işte! Bir doğa yasasıdır bu… Yasa, Sonya, doğa yasası! Öyle işte!.. Şimdi şunu biliyorum Sonya, akılca da ruhça da kim sağlamsa, güçlüyse insanlara o hükmedecektir. Kim daha yürekliyse o haklıdır… Kim daha çok şeyi umursamıyorsa yasa koyucu o oluyor, gözü en pek olan herkesten haklı çıkıyor… Şimdiye dek böyle gelmiş, böyle gidecek! Ne var ki körler göremezler bunu!”
“He went up to his room like a man who has been condemned to death. His mind was completely empty, and he was quite incapable of filling it with anything; but with his whole being he suddenly felt that he no longer possessed any freedom of thought or of will, and that everything had suddenly been decided once and for all.”