Description
Dostoyevsky's audacious theological novella stages a debate between Christ and the Inquisitor that rewrites Christian history as a tragedy of benevolence corrupted by institutional power. The Grand Inquisitor argues that Christ's gift of freedom was a catastrophe, that humans need bread and illusion more than choice—and the poem's devastating logic leaves readers without comfortable answers. This 40-page parable has unsettled readers for over 150 years by suggesting that even totalitarianism might be motivated by a twisted love.
About this book
The Grand Inquisitor is an ebook by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881). This edition runs to roughly 50 pages, about 60 minutes of reading at a typical pace.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) has 5 books in the BigBookHub catalogue: The Brothers Karamazov, The Grand Inquisitor, The house of the dead : $b or, Prison life in Siberia, White nights, and other stories and The possessed : $b or, The devils.
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