Comments on: The Brothers Karamazov http://www.methodinit.org.uk/methodinit/2010/04/30/the-brothers-karamazov/ Blogging on Philosophy and Politics Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yul http://www.methodinit.org.uk/methodinit/2010/04/30/the-brothers-karamazov/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Yul Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:08:42 +0000 http://www.methodinit.org.uk/methodinit/?p=1005#comment-1076 <i>Ivan famously states his view in the parable of “The Grand Inquisitor”, in which Jesus returns to Earth, but is taken from the people by agents of organised religion and told he is now superfluous considering the current aims of the church. The inquisitor recalls the three temptations of Christ in the wilderness and which are metaphorically faced by the church. The church now chooses differently than Jesus’s choices in the biblical story. </i> Christ's response ve the Inquisitors... 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" - Matthew 4:4 Ivan famously states his view in the parable of “The Grand Inquisitor”, in which Jesus returns to Earth, but is taken from the people by agents of organised religion and told he is now superfluous considering the current aims of the church. The inquisitor recalls the three temptations of Christ in the wilderness and which are metaphorically faced by the church. The church now chooses differently than Jesus’s choices in the biblical story.

Christ’s response ve the Inquisitors…

‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4

]]> By: Yul http://www.methodinit.org.uk/methodinit/2010/04/30/the-brothers-karamazov/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Yul Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:03:44 +0000 http://www.methodinit.org.uk/methodinit/?p=1005#comment-1075 Nietzsche was a big Dostoevsky fan, and creditted Dostoevsky as being one of the best psychologists of his day. Nietzsche was a big Dostoevsky fan, and creditted Dostoevsky as being one of the best psychologists of his day.

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