Dostoevsky - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Anomie: Encyclopedia - Anomie
Anomie, in contemporary English, means a condition or malaise in individuals, characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambling: Encyclopedia - Gambling
Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. Currently, in western soci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Solovyov Philosopher: Encyclopedia - Vladimir Solovyov Philosopher
Vladimir Sergeyevich Soloviev (Владимир Сергеевич Соловьёв) (1853 - 1900) was a Russian philosopher, poet, pamph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also 黒沢 明 in Shinjitai) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступление и наказание) is a novel written in 1866 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constance Garnett: Encyclopedia - Constance Garnett
Constance Clara Garnett (née Black) (December 19, 1861 - December 17, 1946) was an English translator whose translations of nineteenth-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɔn ˈkʰiɔ̯g̊əˌg̊ɔːˀ]), May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argument From Morality: Encyclopedia - Argument From Morality
The argument from morality is one of several arguments for the existence of God. These arguments fall under the larger category of philos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert M. Pirsig: Encyclopedia - Robert M. Pirsig
Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928) is an American philosopher, famous for his first book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artist: Encyclopedia - Artist
Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. It is also used in a qualitative sense o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Kaufmann: Encyclopedia - Walter Kaufmann
Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 - September 4, 1980) was a 20th-century Jewish German philosopher, scholar, and poet. He produced mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17 Number: Encyclopedia - 17 Number
17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. << 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 >> List of numbers -- In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Novels And Fictional Works
Tolstoy was one of the giants of 19th century Russian literature. His most famous works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - History
Roman Hispalis, in the province of Hispania Baetica, became ʾIšbīliyyah (Arabic أشبيليّة) under the Moors. Though Greeks and R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argument From Morality: Encyclopedia Ii - Argument From Morality - Criticisms
Argument from morality - Logical flaws. The most common attack on the logic of this argument is by the conclusion (4), which is an assu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Characters
Crime and Punishment - Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, variously called Rodya and Rodka, is the protagoni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Novels And Fictional Works
Tolstoy was one of the giants of 19th century Russian literature. His most famous works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lev Shestov: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Shestov - Life
Shestov was born Lev Issakovich Schwarzmann in Kiev into a Jewish family. He obtained an education at various places, due to fractious cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anomie: Encyclopedia Ii - Anomie - Anomie As Individual Disorder
The nineteenth century French pioneer sociologist Émile Durkheim used this word in his book outlining the causes of suicide, to describe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birthday Party Band: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birthday Party Band - The Boys Next Door
The nucleus of the band first met at the private boys school Caulfield Grammar School (in suburban Melbourne) in the early seventies. A r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Story Within A Story: Encyclopedia Ii - Story Within A Story - Play Within A Play
This dramatic device was apparently first used by Thomas Kyd in The Spanish Tragedy around 1587, where it forms the spectacular resolutio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Copperfield Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - David Copperfield Novel - Story
The story is that of the growth of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father dies before he is born, and he is ill-tre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Bakhtin: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Bakhtin - Works And Ideas
Mikhail Bakhtin - Toward a Philosophy of the Act: -for-. Toward a Philosophy of the Act was first published in Russia in 1986 with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Important Elements Of Kierkegaard's Philosophy
Søren Kierkegaard - Alienation. Alienation is a term applied to a wide variety of phenomena including: any feeling of separation from,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omsk: Encyclopedia Ii - Omsk - History
The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier, along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northern Exposure: Encyclopedia Ii - Northern Exposure - Main Characters
Recurring guest stars included: Adam Arkin, son of Alan Arkin, as wildman/gourmet chef/possible ex-CIA agent Adam. Richard Cummings Jr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Solovyov Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Solovyov Philosopher - Biography
Vladimir Solovyov was born in Moscow on 16 January 1853, in the family of well-known Russian historian Sergey Mikhaylovich Solovyev (1820...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Machinist: Encyclopedia Ii - The Machinist - Plot
Trevor Reznik (Bale) has not slept for over a year, and has become extremely emaciated. He does not know what is wrong, and carries on wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Akira Kurosawa - Characteristics
Kurosawa is best-known for his period pieces or jidaigeki (時代劇, jidaigeki?) like Seven Samurai   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 17 Number - In Mathematics
Seventeen is the 7th prime number. The next prime is nineteen, with which it comprises a twin prime. 17 is the sum of the first four prim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambling: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambling - Types Of Gambling
Gambling - Casino games. With proper strategy, a smart player can create a positive mathematical expectation. Poker (Also recognised ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Overcoat: Encyclopedia Ii - The Overcoat - Summary
The story centers on the life and death of Akaky Akakievich, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Notes From Underground: Encyclopedia Ii - Notes From Underground - Plot Summary
The novel is divided into two rough parts. Part 1 falls into three main sections. The short introduction propounds a number of riddles wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Sights
The city's cathedral was built from 1401–1519 after the Reconquista on the former site of the city's mosque. It is the largest of all m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Copperfield Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - David Copperfield Novel - Overview
Dickens worked on David Copperfield for two years between 1848 and 1850, carefully planning out the plot and structure. Seven novels prec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Bakhtin: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Bakhtin - Biography
Bakhtin was born in Orel, Russia, outside of Moscow, to an old family of the nobility. His father was the manager of a bank and worked in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Bakhtin: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Bakhtin - Introduction
Despite the fact that Bakhtin’s career was fraught with difficulties and complications, impeding the publication of many of his manuscr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Bakhtin: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Bakhtin - Influence
Throughout his lifetime Bakhtin made a significant contribution to the world of literary and rhetorical theory and criticism. He is known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northern Exposure: Encyclopedia Ii - Northern Exposure - Thematic And Technical Details
Northern Exposure's unique flavor comes from a combination of various influences: the show’s creators, Joshua Brand and John Falsey, ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omsk: Encyclopedia Ii - Omsk - Climate
The climate is dry and continental, characterized by dramatic swings of weather. The average daily temperatures are, over the last 30 yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Copperfield Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - David Copperfield Novel - Adaptations
David Copperfield has been filmed on several occasions: 1911, directed by Theodore Marston 1922, directed by A.W. Sandberg 1935, directe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Religious And Political Beliefs
Tolstoy's Christian beliefs were based on the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly on the phrase about turn the other cheek, which he sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Sports
Home town of two rival soccer teams Real Betis Balompié and Sevilla FC. Seville hosted the 7th Athletics World Championships in 1999. Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birthday Party Band: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birthday Party Band - London And Beyond
After recordings and moderate success in Australia (including hundreds of live shows) they headed for London in 1980, changing their name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birthday Party Band: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birthday Party Band - Legacy And Influence
Several groups rose from the Birthday Party's ashes: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (featuring Cave, Harvey and Bargeld), Crime and the City...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Early Life
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate situated in the region of Tula, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - Trivia
Seville is known for its hot summer weather, reaching even 50.0°C (122.0°F) on August 4, 1881, the record heat for Europe. The Sevillan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Religious And Political Beliefs
Tolstoy's Christian beliefs were based on the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly on the phrase about turn the other cheek, which he sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard In Contemporary Ethical Theory
Many philosophers who initially read Kierkegaard, especially Fear and Trembling, often come to the conclusion that he supports a divine c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard And Christendom
As mentioned in the biography, during the final years of his life, Kierkegaard took up a sustained attack on all of Christendom, Christan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Criticisms Of Kierkegaard
Some of Kierkegaard's famous philosophical critics in the 20th century include Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas. Atheistic philosphers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard's Influence
Kierkegaard's works were not widely available in the couple of decades after his death. This is perhaps due to the facts that Kierkegaard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambling: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambling - Legal Aspects
Because religious authorities generally frown on gambling to some extent, and because of various perceived social costs, most legal juris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Hegel
One of Kierkegaard's greatest contributions to philosophy is his critique of Georg Hegel. Most of Kierkegaard's earliest works are in res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Schopenhauer
Kierkegaard became acquainted with Arthur Schopenhauer's writings quite late in his life. Kierkegaard felt Schopenhauer was an important ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Life
Søren Kierkegaard - Early years 1813–1841. Søren Kierkegaard was born to an affluent family in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Indirect Communication And Pseudonymous Authorship
During Kierkegaard's early authorship, he frequently wrote many of his works under various pseudonyms who represented different ways of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - The Journals Of Søren Kierkegaard
One of the key texts in attempting to understand Kierkegaard and his work is his journals. [3] Kierkegaard wrote over 7000 pages in his j...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia Ii - Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard On Schelling
In 1841-1842, Kierkegaard attended the Berlin lectures of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. Schelling was a critic of Georg Hegel a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambling: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambling - Psychological Aspects
Though many participate in gambling as a form of recreation or even as a means to gain an income, gambling, like any behavior which invol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Akira Kurosawa - Influences
A notable feature of Kurosawa's films is the breadth of his artistic influences. Some of his plots are adaptations of William Shakespeare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Structure
The novel is divided into six parts with an epilogue. Each part contains between five and eight chapters and the epilogue has two. The en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anomie: Encyclopedia Ii - Anomie - Anomie As Social Disorder
The word, which can also be spelled anomy, has also been used to apply to societies or groups of people within a society, who suffer from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Early Life
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate situated in the region of Tula, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lev Shestov: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Shestov - Philosophy
Lev Shestov - The Philosophy of Despair. Shestov's philosophy is, at first sight, not a philosophy at all: it offers no systematic unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Themes
Crime and Punishment - Salvation through suffering. Crime and Punishment illustrates the theme of attaining salvation through suffering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Analysis
The behavior of Raskolnikov throughout the book can also be found in other works of Dostoevsky, such as Notes from Underground and The Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Akira Kurosawa - His Influence
Kurosawa's films had a huge influence on world cinema. Most explicitly, Seven Samurai was remade as the western The Magnificent Seven, sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Akira Kurosawa - Later Films
Red Beard marked a turning point in Kurosawa's career in more ways than one. In addition to being his last film with Mifune, it was his l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argument From Morality: Encyclopedia Ii - Argument From Morality - The Argument
The two premises must, of course, be defended separately. However, usually this argument is employed against those (the great majority of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Plot
The novel portrays the haphazardly planned murder of a miserly, aged pawnbroker and her younger sister by a destitute Saint Petersburg st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Story Within A Story: Encyclopedia Ii - Story Within A Story - Story Within A Story Within A Story
Occasionally a story may include within itself a story within a story. This is almost never done of its own accord (though it does happen...   » Read the article