I've read it, and found Raskolnikov to be a blithering fool. Any man worth a damn would make moral considerations about guilt and conscience before the act, not after. His moral considerations before the act are haughty and elitist, and annulled by the fact that he takes the money. If you're going to do it, do it, and don't look back.
If one has a conscience it would be hard, if not impossible, to do it in the first place. We're not talking about some accidental event that leaves another indisposed, we're talking about premeditated murder.
Setting aside the perceived value of life and death in 1866 in Russia, and the lived experiences of Dostoevsky, one tends to evaluate the sturdiness of a bridge before one crosses it. Raskolnikov was a complete fool not to consider it. In spite of all his academic deliberations to justify crossing that bridge, he just wanted the pot of gold at the other end.
Maybe so but people can and do change. A lifetime is a long time, many people change as the years go by for a variety of reasons one of them could be personal growth. For myself I am a much different person with age and life experience than how I was in my youth and earlier life. Better late than never is my go to. Look at all the moralistic crap going on now… all for the greater good supposedly. Different times but like what he told himself in order to justify it. People can justify anything in their own minds in order so that they can do it.
Just look at Justin Trudeau, I think he actually does believe his own lies while he continues on destroying Canada and its people.
I agree with most of it, except that a lifetime is a long time. In my humble opinion it's actually very short. Justin Trudeau, just like Raskolnikov, is a blithering idiot. Just like everybody who allows an ideology to prevail over the lives of people.
Where we might differ in opinion is that one finds legitimacy in actions, because one has a certain thought. Suppose you are 25 years old, and thinking your husband must die. Now you are 45 years old, you didn't kill him, and you're happy you didn't because you've grown as a person in those 20 years and you think it's wrong now. Which only proves my point.
Raskolnikov did kill those women. Which makes all search of redemtion and forgiveness like serving mustard after the meal. He's a fool because he didn't think about the consequences before swinging the axe. And if he thought it out and determined that it was really the way to go, there is no need to look back. And before you say it, yes I've made my share of mistakes that I regret afterwards. But not on murder.
No he clearly didn’t think of the consequences before swinging the axe but I have learned some don’t foresee the consequences of their actions strange as that may seem to us.
It seems the globalists and our governments have no qualms about killing us in every conceivable way possible.. how can they justify that?
They can't. And they don't have to, because they have ideology to obfuscate and hide their greed. Have you ever read "The Animal Farm" by Orwell? There's a great cartoon version of the book on youtube.
This is part of our category on art/music/literature. So, yes, it will be an ongoing series of classics in the arts. We've done sculptor Arno Breker as our first one in this category.
If we can get some financial support from Substack viewers then our hope is to devote more time to this and be able to deliver more content faster.
A question for viewers: The closed captions on the player seem to be cut short for every caption that goes up - at least in my view - is this what you are seeing?
The file we use works perfectly well on other platforms (Vimeo, YT) but no so much here on the Substack player.
But checking it's not just me, and apologies - I'm reaching out for technical help.
Not for general viewing, sorry. Having been shadowbanned on YouTube we are trying to carve a financially viable path for ourselves here on Substack. I'm not sure it's going to work - with countless hours producing 21 (often lengthy) documentaries - we've only got 3 paying subscribers. It's been a huge gamble for us and we hope it will pay off - otherwise it's back to the day job :-(
Maybe there's a strategy on this platform that we don't get yet that will entice more people to support us.
I've read it, and found Raskolnikov to be a blithering fool. Any man worth a damn would make moral considerations about guilt and conscience before the act, not after. His moral considerations before the act are haughty and elitist, and annulled by the fact that he takes the money. If you're going to do it, do it, and don't look back.
If one has a conscience it’s hard not to look back.
If one has a conscience it would be hard, if not impossible, to do it in the first place. We're not talking about some accidental event that leaves another indisposed, we're talking about premeditated murder.
Setting aside the perceived value of life and death in 1866 in Russia, and the lived experiences of Dostoevsky, one tends to evaluate the sturdiness of a bridge before one crosses it. Raskolnikov was a complete fool not to consider it. In spite of all his academic deliberations to justify crossing that bridge, he just wanted the pot of gold at the other end.
Maybe so but people can and do change. A lifetime is a long time, many people change as the years go by for a variety of reasons one of them could be personal growth. For myself I am a much different person with age and life experience than how I was in my youth and earlier life. Better late than never is my go to. Look at all the moralistic crap going on now… all for the greater good supposedly. Different times but like what he told himself in order to justify it. People can justify anything in their own minds in order so that they can do it.
Just look at Justin Trudeau, I think he actually does believe his own lies while he continues on destroying Canada and its people.
I agree with most of it, except that a lifetime is a long time. In my humble opinion it's actually very short. Justin Trudeau, just like Raskolnikov, is a blithering idiot. Just like everybody who allows an ideology to prevail over the lives of people.
Where we might differ in opinion is that one finds legitimacy in actions, because one has a certain thought. Suppose you are 25 years old, and thinking your husband must die. Now you are 45 years old, you didn't kill him, and you're happy you didn't because you've grown as a person in those 20 years and you think it's wrong now. Which only proves my point.
Raskolnikov did kill those women. Which makes all search of redemtion and forgiveness like serving mustard after the meal. He's a fool because he didn't think about the consequences before swinging the axe. And if he thought it out and determined that it was really the way to go, there is no need to look back. And before you say it, yes I've made my share of mistakes that I regret afterwards. But not on murder.
No he clearly didn’t think of the consequences before swinging the axe but I have learned some don’t foresee the consequences of their actions strange as that may seem to us.
It seems the globalists and our governments have no qualms about killing us in every conceivable way possible.. how can they justify that?
They can't. And they don't have to, because they have ideology to obfuscate and hide their greed. Have you ever read "The Animal Farm" by Orwell? There's a great cartoon version of the book on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yntowpo8htY
I'd love for Notes From The Past to do an item on this.
Is this coming to theaters?
I wish!
I really loved this story of his!!!
That was very good. Is this the beginning of a new series on the classics?
This is part of our category on art/music/literature. So, yes, it will be an ongoing series of classics in the arts. We've done sculptor Arno Breker as our first one in this category.
If we can get some financial support from Substack viewers then our hope is to devote more time to this and be able to deliver more content faster.
Glad you liked it!
A question for viewers: The closed captions on the player seem to be cut short for every caption that goes up - at least in my view - is this what you are seeing?
The file we use works perfectly well on other platforms (Vimeo, YT) but no so much here on the Substack player.
But checking it's not just me, and apologies - I'm reaching out for technical help.
It’s on Vimeo then?
Not for general viewing, sorry. Having been shadowbanned on YouTube we are trying to carve a financially viable path for ourselves here on Substack. I'm not sure it's going to work - with countless hours producing 21 (often lengthy) documentaries - we've only got 3 paying subscribers. It's been a huge gamble for us and we hope it will pay off - otherwise it's back to the day job :-(
Maybe there's a strategy on this platform that we don't get yet that will entice more people to support us.
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It plays fine for me, and I'm watching on the substack player
How do I find the Substack player?
How do you get that?
Meaning it's playing fine on Substack. There's nothing to get - just play it on substack or the substack app.
I’m viewing the video from an iPad and there isn’t an option for closed captions…but the video plays beautifully 😃