"IS IT POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE? SERIOUSLY AND ACTUALLY? EVERYTHING IS HERE. "STAVROGUINE SENDS ALL WHO APPROACH IT, MEN OR WOMEN. IT IS ONLY LIMITED TO ITS IMMENSE ORGUEIL THAN IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. HE DENIES IT AND FALLS IN THE ABSORBITY OF FREEDOM FOR A MAN ALONE AND WITHOUT REASON TO BE. ALL THE CHARACTERS OF THIS GREAT ROMAN ARE POSSESSED BY A DEMON, ATHEALISTIC SOCIALISM, REVOLUTIONARY NIHILISM OR RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION. IGNORING THE LIMITS OF OUR CONDITION, THESE IDEOLOGIES ARE UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR MAN AND SOCIETY AND CALL FOR DESTRUCTIVE TERRORISM. DARK TRAGEDY OF LOVE AND DEATH, "THE POSSESSED" ARE THE GENIUS INCARNATION OF THE DOUBTS AND ANGOISSES OF DOSTOIEVSKI ON THE FUTURE OF MAN AND RUSSIA. By 1870 he had felt the dangers of TOTALITARIANISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
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