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We call this "being street smart."
Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the "idiot." He has epilepsy, he has spent the last four years in a Swiss sanitarium cut off from society, and he returns to the corrupt, hyper-competitive world of Russian aristocracy with zero practical knowledge of how to lie.
Because in the end, the only thing worse than being called an idiot for loving too much... is being praised as a genius for not loving at all.
The Underground Man vs. The Idiot: Why Dostoevsky’s Most Misunderstood Hero is the Only Sane One Left
Because Myshkin’s compassion is a mirror. When you look at a truly good person, you don’t see their goodness; you see your own flaws. Myshkin doesn’t judge anyone—he pities them. And nothing enrages a guilty person more than unearned pity.
But Dostoevsky offers a terrifying counter-argument: Maybe the "idiot" is the only one who has solved the puzzle.
We call this "being street smart."
Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the "idiot." He has epilepsy, he has spent the last four years in a Swiss sanitarium cut off from society, and he returns to the corrupt, hyper-competitive world of Russian aristocracy with zero practical knowledge of how to lie.
Because in the end, the only thing worse than being called an idiot for loving too much... is being praised as a genius for not loving at all.
The Underground Man vs. The Idiot: Why Dostoevsky’s Most Misunderstood Hero is the Only Sane One Left
Because Myshkin’s compassion is a mirror. When you look at a truly good person, you don’t see their goodness; you see your own flaws. Myshkin doesn’t judge anyone—he pities them. And nothing enrages a guilty person more than unearned pity.
But Dostoevsky offers a terrifying counter-argument: Maybe the "idiot" is the only one who has solved the puzzle.