In Part Two of our Dostoevsky series we move from diagnosing the underground to exploring the way out. Dostoevsky shows us that the true hero is not the exceptional man but the good man, and goodness is only remarkable in its ability to love while knowing the depths of the underground. We explore how Father Zosima counsels the brokenhearted with hope that refuses to collapse into platitudes, and how his radical teaching—“I am responsible not only for myself, but for everyone else, and I...
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In Part Two of our Dostoevsky series we move from diagnosing the underground to exploring the way out. Dostoevsky shows us that the true hero is not the exceptional man but the good man, and goodness is only remarkable in its ability to love while knowing the depths of the underground. We explore how Father Zosima counsels the brokenhearted with hope that refuses to collapse into platitudes, and how his radical teaching—“I am responsible not only for myself, but for everyone else, and I...
Episode #6: Striving Without Rest: The Coming-of-Age Crisis and the Gift of Grace: Goethe
Subversive Orthodoxy
1 hour 12 minutes
6 months ago
Episode #6: Striving Without Rest: The Coming-of-Age Crisis and the Gift of Grace: Goethe
What if grace isn’t something you deserve, or even understand—but something that finds you in the middle of your restless, stumbling search for meaning? Did Faust accidentally find grace? That’s one of the most provocative and mysterious questions at the heart of Faust. Here's a way to unpack it: In Faust Part II, despite making a pact with Mephistopheles and engaging in a life of ambition, desire, and sometimes destruction, Faust is ultimately saved—not because of his morality or religious o...
Subversive Orthodoxy
In Part Two of our Dostoevsky series we move from diagnosing the underground to exploring the way out. Dostoevsky shows us that the true hero is not the exceptional man but the good man, and goodness is only remarkable in its ability to love while knowing the depths of the underground. We explore how Father Zosima counsels the brokenhearted with hope that refuses to collapse into platitudes, and how his radical teaching—“I am responsible not only for myself, but for everyone else, and I...
