By Ganya, I believe you mean Rogozhin, who competes for Nastasya's affection and later attempt to murder Myshkin despite their friendship.

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

@ignacia Yes, thank you for pointing that out! I noticed that I mixed that up after I edited & posted the video 😅 Will try to add some sort of text to correct it 👍🏻

When Dostoyevsky said, "Beauty will save the world," he meant the beauty of Christ.

He doesn’t exchange crosses with gania, he does so with Rhoghozin

My whole life I was busy in solving the mystery of the mango in my hand, then I died in process but then I saw, there was nothing in my hand the whole time, I was told that I had a mango in my hand and That made me believe I had a mango and that belief kept me going day by day but death showed me the truth. This is what is happening with mankind since the starting of the gregarion calendar

You mixed up rogozhin with ganya. And myshkin was trying to kill rogozhin? 😂 it's hard to take a essay seriously after seeing these crucial mistakes.

@alexmostella

3 ай бұрын

True.

Myshkin doesnt attempt to kill Ganya, he just absent-mindedly continues to pick up the gardening knife off Rogozhin's desk when theyre discussing Nastasya Fillipovna, which turns out to be the same knife Rogozhin attempts to kill Myshkin with, and the same knife he murders Nastasya with at the end of the book from brain fever/madness.

@gigachad8275

2 ай бұрын

I don't think he murdered Nastasya because of brain fever, but because she left him earlier despite her promise to marry him. It was said near the end that Nastasya was afraid that Rogozhin would kill her. That brain fever part was a reason his lawyer gave to the court after the murder.

@justsvk1500

Ай бұрын

@@gigachad8275i think that nastasia was simply driving him insane, constantly bouncing back and forth, leaving him and then being with him. She was unpredictable with her love

This video put a lot of feelings I had into words, more people need to hear this

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad it resonated with you

Beautiful analysis brother. Christ is the essential grounding factor for morality

Prince was not a nickname it was a title.

@user-ly7ke7xt9l

11 күн бұрын

Such a blunder

@JackBensley

4 күн бұрын

@@user-ly7ke7xt9l I don’t think this guy read the book and he’s doing a book review - absolutely insane

Kurosawa made an interesting adaptation of The Idiot. It’s definitely worth a viewing.

Amazing breakdown of this book! Couldn't decide between The Brothers Karamazov or The Idiot, and I can't wait to read the latter now. Look forward to watching your other videos!

i rewatched it carefully man amazing work

There was a very strange feature in this case, strange because of its extremely rare occurrence. This man had once been brought to the scaffold in company with several others, and had had the sentence of death by shooting passed upon him for some political crime. Twenty minutes later he had been reprieved and some other punishment substituted; but the interval between the two sentences, twenty minutes, or at least a quarter of an hour, had been passed in the certainty that within a few minutes he must die. I was very anxious to hear him speak of his impressions during that dreadful time, and I several times inquired of him as to what he thought and felt. He remembered everything with the most accurate and extraordinary distinctness, and declared that he would never forget a single iota of the experience. ‘About twenty paces from the scaffold, where he had stood to hear the sentence, were three posts, fixed in the ground, to which to fasten the criminals (of whom there were several). The first three criminals were taken to the posts, dressed in long white tunics, with white caps drawn over their faces, so that they could not see the rifles pointed at them. Then a group of soldiers took their stand opposite to each post. My friend was the eighth on the list, and therefore he would have been among the third lot to go up. A priest went about among them with a cross: and there was about five minutes of time left for him to live. ‘He said that those five minutes seemed to him to be a most interminable period, an enormous wealth of time; he seemed to be living, in these minutes, so many lives that there was no need as yet to think of that last moment, so that he made several arrangements, dividing up the time into portions-one for saying farewell to his companions, two minutes for that; then a couple more for thinking over his own life and career and all about himself; and another minute for a last look around. He remembered having divided his time like this quite well. While saying good- bye to his friends he recollected asking one of them some very usual everyday question, and being much interested in the answer. Then having bade farewell, he embarked upon those two minutes which he had allotted to looking into himself; he knew beforehand what he was going to think about. He wished to put it to himself as quickly and clearly as possible, that here was he, a living, thinking man, and that in three minutes he would be nobody; or if somebody or something, then what and where? He thought he would decide this question once for all in these last three minutes. A little way off there stood a church, and its gilded spire glittered in the sun. He remembered staring stubbornly at this spire, and at the rays of light sparkling from it. He could not tear his eyes from these rays of light; he got the idea that these rays were his new nature, and that in three minutes he would become one of them, amalgamated somehow with them. ‘The repugnance to what must ensue almost immediately, and the uncertainty, were dreadful, he said; but worst of all was the idea, ‘What should I do if I were not to die now? What if I were to return to life again? What an eternity of days, and all mine! How I should grudge and count up every minute of it, so as to waste not a single instant!’ He said that this thought weighed so upon him and became such a terrible burden upon his brain that he could not bear it, and wished they would shoot him quickly and have done with it.’

@trumpsextratesticle8590

6 ай бұрын

Bruh, learn how to make a paragraph FFS.

Great video, it really motivated me to read this book. Im starting today!

Also you missed the most important part of why imitating jesus in an age of rationality caused him to go catatonic. Its the paradox of the circumstances. He just wants to be good and help others but when he genuinely trys to help everyone it only hurts them because it causes them to compare themselves to an impossible standard of goodness and hurts them because they will always fall short of that standard. So by him helping it just ends up hurting and its this paradox that destroys his mind.

This could have been a great review, hadn't you mixed Rogozin with Ganya. I doubt Nastasya Philippovna represents beauty. She is deeply hurt and broken to the point she can't be saved. She is punishing everyone around, including herself, herself first of all, not living a single chance for other people to help, her pride doesn't leave her space for forgiveness.

So well explained thank u so much for this video

@alexmostella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it resonated with you👏🏻

Thank you. Halfway through and lost because it was quite heady for me and was wondering if there was a deeper meaning. Now I am understanding

@Jannette-mw7fg

3 ай бұрын

There is way more to discover in "The Idiot"! This was to short to really get deep into it....

I'm touched.

It’s been a few years since I read The Idiot. The main character Myshkin (or however it’s spelled) seems to symbolize the inability of humanity to die to self and stick to what makes him comfortable like being around children. We have a distinct lack of blood being shed which has been alluded to in the scriptures since the fall of Adam and Eve. All the different points of view and never arriving at a conclusion is more like Thomas Aquinas’ or Aristotle’s dialectics in philosophy. This is not some light reading for the novel enjoyer.

The Grand Inquistor was not a book but part of "The Brothers Karamasov"....just in case some people are looking for the title !

@apollonia6656

4 ай бұрын

PS: Subscribed. All the Best from GB and A Happy Christmas 🙂

Excellent commentary!!

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I understood Myshkin to be a Christian figure and the philosophical thought process that comes through his view - my issue with The Idiot was the utter lack of character development despite the abundance of them to the point it was confusing. There's no one to really care for, neither of the main love interests - Nastasya F. and Aglaya - are likeable, and him being "torn" didn't really come through to me. Myshkin is often passive and when he seems to express his thoughts if any, it's some disassembled and prolonged rambling. I believe this should have been more of an essay than contrived into a story. The dialogues could have been more to the point, to me. I just don't see why the point he was trying to illustrate, had to be stretched into 700 pages of...no story. The facade that it's a story was rather distracting, and often tended to drive me away from his points... side-note, it was also irritating that Dostoyevsky started using words mid-novel as if he just learned about it. Like "paterfamilias" to refer to Ivan Fyodorovich.

How do you only have 1k subs. That makes no sense. Your channel should be at a million.

@alexmostella

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support. As long as people find the reviews useful then mission accomplished

@Laocoon283

7 ай бұрын

Na, quality and mass appeal share an inverse relationship. If a channel has millions of subscribers its prolly not worth listening too.

Really a great presentation.

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Julius!

@Angel.Cielito

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexmostellaCould you tell me the background music you used for this video? Thanks

damn brother well presented .💯💯

@alexmostella

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 👏🏻

Well done 👍

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

👏🏻

you've got a great voice!

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😄

Nice work, just a shame you mixed up Rogozhin with Gania

@alexmostella

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you. I was new to KZread when I made this video & recording myself on camera was very frustrating & embarrassing. I mixed the names up & didn’t realize until post production…& at that point I couldn’t fathom filming the whole thing again. In hindsight I wish I had, to maintain accuracy…maybe I’ll remake it sometime 😁

@daledesroches2318

5 ай бұрын

@@alexmostella No worries 😉 it was a very brave attempt at navigating through the quagmire of Dostoyevsky characters. Nonetheless, it was an insightful and interesting video. Thank you 😊

@markjacksonturner6462

Ай бұрын

My friend . . . . Film it again and remove this one from KZread. For me, as an orchestral/choral composer, the beauty of your work must shine through as a perfect expression of art. I challenge you.@@alexmostella

I like the video but you mixed Ganya with Rogozhin and made everything confusing. You should've corrected it before posting it coz the whole video looks so wrong

@alexmostella

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I realized that I had mixed them up after I finished shooting & editing the video. Will include a disclaimer in the description to clarify soon 👍🏻

Can we all take a moment the appropriate how handsome Alex is?

Somehow I carry the traditional that allows for mystery and the rational that perhaps doesn’t within me. I come from a scientific family but carry my own private notion of Christ within. Knowing of other religions, I don’t think Christianity is required to maintain ethics. Plus my grandfather was a Darwinian atheist and a happy, good man.

Кстати, вы знаете, что "Мышкин" буквально означает "мышь" (mysh')?

@peterjg67

3 ай бұрын

And also Lev.... lion.

@maxim.j22

3 ай бұрын

@@peterjg67 yes

Nietzsche loved Dostoevsky so there may be hope yet. Nietzsche’s unbelief may have contributed to his nervous breakdown. And his lack of faith may have resulted in no support when he brilliantly pulled away the illusions of all philosophy. Unlike Nietzsche, I would be led by the Spirit to say it is time to, “Let our souls magnify the Lord” -- and realize there are no borders, especially when we blow into the sails of another's boat. We don’t believe in God. God believes in us. As we are divinized, God literally indwells our soul and believes on our behalf by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost.

@rktsnail

3 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@dalelerette206

3 ай бұрын

@@rktsnail We should never forget the assassination of Anwar El-Sadat on October 6, 1981 We should never forget the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995 May their names be blessed forever within the Almighty De Facto (From the Fact - What Happens in Reality) vs. De Jure (From the Law - What is Actually Notated in Legal Code) Classical Liberalism never changed. I have been both Republican and Democrat. Yet I have always voted what I believed to be Classical Liberalism. War profiteering drifts from Manichean Heresy (far right wing politics) to Albigensian Heresy (far left wing politics) as people explain themselves. My prayer is for the Holy Spirit to indwell you and wake you up. ❤ You understand the U.S. Democrats and the U.S. Republicans have colluded to War Profiteering since they assassinated JFK on November 22, 1963? Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. -- Leviticus 19:15

Myshkin was a prince, it’s not a nickname…

@alexmostella

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 🙏🏻

I wish you'd put a spoiler alert😢

As a non native English speaker, the English version of the book vocabulary is so difficult to understand

I’m not sure this guy read the book

I think yoy confused Ganya with Rogozhin in minute 4:00 He exchanges crosses with the horns guy.

@alexmostella

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I did, thanks for letting me know 👊🏻

@Dann-md9eq

10 ай бұрын

He confused ganya and rogozhin in the whole video. He should've corrected or reposted this

Umm you're really mixing up the names... I'm certain Mishkin did not try to murder anyone 😂

@alexmostella

6 күн бұрын

You’re right, Myshkin definitely did not kill anyone. I was new to making youtube videos when I made this & I messed up the names a few times during filming. Always trying to improve.

@podeshahejalol

6 күн бұрын

I was just making a joke. I appreciated your thoughts though 🙏

It's funny how you pronounce Myshkin.

@alexmostella

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 🙏🏻

Very good...but please pronounce it Mish-kin.

Music too high! Sorry but ruins the narrative.

@alexmostella

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 🙏🏻

I don’t believe you read this book, this is entirely inaccurate** commentary.

@alexmostella

Ай бұрын

I don’t think you read your own comment. Immaculate means free from flaws; perfect. Regardless, thanks for your feedback 🙏🏻

@emmaaltposhnikova642

Ай бұрын

@@alexmostella thanks, it was an autocorrect from inaccurate lmao

If you have any respect for the book or Dostoevsky then you shall either delete this video or at the very least rename it to “an idiot reviews ‘the idiot’”

@alexmostella

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 🙏🏻

Jesus wasn’t a real person. The story was written by Greeks long afterwards it’s a mythology. It’s not Wednesday like the Jews say. It’s Wondanaz Day. And always will be.

@nikokapanen82

7 ай бұрын

Historians argue with each other whether those miraculous accounts about Jesus can be taken seriously or not but historians do not argue whether Jesus was a real person or not because all of them (aside of mythicists) agree that the historical evidence is clear, He was a real space-time person who lived in Judea, modern day Israel about 2000 years ago.

@SplashyCannonBall

7 ай бұрын

@@nikokapanen82 you will never understand that God is in you. You only see the parable on the page.

@Laocoon283

7 ай бұрын

R/Atheism lol

Meeshkin