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Sep 2020
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As well as a philosopher, Fyodor Dostoevsky is most popularly known as a Russian novelist. His works explore human psychology in the troubled socio-political atmosphere of 19th century Russia. His novels had a great impact on psychology, especially of people who lose their reason, who are nihilistic, or who become insane or commit murder. 

He is considered as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature.  His greatest novels include: Notes from The Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov.

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (4:57) Notes from the Underground (1864) (7:06) Crime and Punishment (1866) (12:21) Nietzsche and Dostoevsky (13:20) The Idiot (1869) (16:38) Demons (1872) (18:57) The Brothers Karamazov (1880) (22:17) Why You Should Read Dostoevsky


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