Episode 164: Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” on Perfection (Part Two)

More on the novel with guest Corey Mohler, considering Dostoyevsky qua existentialist in terms of his analysis of the crisis of meaning and his consequent views on religion. Listen to part 1 first, or get unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. End song: "Don Quixote" (acoustic, 2010) by Nik Kershaw, as interviewed on the Nakedly Examined Music podcast #37. Don Quixote is Myshkin's literary forebear. Get a Dostoyevsky T-shirt! Watch for the new episode of Phi Fic on D's House of the Dead. Visit Talkspace.com/examined (use code "EXAMINED") for online therapy and blueapron.com/PEL for free meals.