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UncleOxidant on Nov 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What made Dostoevsky's work immortal

Isn't Dostoevsky's idea in Crime and Punishment that there are humans who feel like they are 'special' (and thus can become monsters when they act on that belief) as opposed to the idea that a 'special' class of humans exists?

ruthmarx on Nov 23, 2024 [–]

I think that is the idea, yes, but it's open to interpretation as all art is. It could be they exist but Rodion wasn't one of them.

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