Stories in a wood accompanied by Russian lullaby - The dream of a ridiculous man part 2
Channel: Hakuna Matada
Date: 2020-10-21

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist and short-story writer, whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction.

He specialized in the analysis of pathological states of mind that lead to insanity, murder, and suicide and in the exploration of the emotions of humiliation, self-destruction, tyrannical domination, and murderous rage. These major works are also renowned as great “novels of ideas” that treat timeless and timely issues in philosophy and politics. Psychology and philosophy are closely linked in Dostoyevsky’s portrayals of intellectuals, who “feel ideas” in the depths of their souls. 

The dream of a ridiculous man - A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's streets while musing upon how ridiculous his life is, as well as its distinct lack of meaning or purpose. This train of thought leads him to the idea of suicide, which he resolves to commit using a previously-acquired gun. However, a chance encounter with a distressed little girl in the street derails his drastic plans.


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Russian Lullaby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP9U_O1IuA&t=66s
Forest footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_W50YHx33I

Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven) by Beethoven
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Dostoyevsky gets under the surface of human behavior. Your head tells you to act in one way, you turn around and do the opposite.  He shows you that what you logically should do is not what you necessarily do.