![]() ![]() In that section, he maintains that life cannot be based on the rational alone. Notes, Dostoevsky mentioned that the main theme of the work was in the next to the last chapter of Part I. (2) Complaining about the censors' prepublication distortion of the Dostoevsky explained the major idea of the Underground Man in a letter to his brother on March 26, 1864. Notes, as declared by the author, which contradicts Socratic philosophy. ![]() A direct reference to a Socratic principle by the Underground Man, a matter that will be discussed later in this study and 2. Two elements support the thesis that Dostoevsky was attacking Socratic thought in the Dostoevsky's polemic with Chernyshevsky and Schiller in the Notes has been studied (1) the Russian author's dispute with Socrates in the same work also deserves consideration. In the Notes from the Underground, the Underground Man can be interpreted as an allegory of Socrates' famous "Allegory of the Cave " and the Russian work can be seen as a refutation of basic Socratic premises. ![]() Dostoevsky Studies :: Dostoevsky and Socrates: The Underground Man and “The Allegory of the Cave”ĭostoevsky and Socrates: The Underground Man and “The Allegory of the Cave” ![]()
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