The Grand Inquisitor
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Subjects: Christian fiction, PG, Jesus Christ -- Fiction, I
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Subjects: Christian fiction, PG, Jesus Christ -- Fiction, I
Downloads: 577
"The Grand Inquisitor" is a parable in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880). It is told by Ivan, who questions the possibility of a personal and benevolent God, to his brother Alyosha, a novice monk. The Grand Inquisitor is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in modern literature because of its ideas about human nature and freedom, and its fundamental ambiguity. Scholars cite Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos as a major inspiration for Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor, while also noting that "The sources of the legend are extraordinarily varied and complex." From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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