Who is dostoevskys kirilov

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Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4. In a world without God, we ourselves occupy the position that God would otherwise have held. The problem, however, is that even in a world without God, most people continue to live by hoping and are unable to accept the freedom they have inherited. In the contemporary world, there is no way that people can live with freedom. However, as Kirilov intends to show, it is possible to die with this freedom.

His suicide is essentially an attempt to sacrifice himself and to show the world the absurd freedom that we all have, so that those that follow him might be able to live more freely.

In the character of Kirilov, and in the problems he addresses generally, Dostoevsky presents us with an absurd worldview. However, Dostoevsky ultimately backs away from the consequences of the absurd and leaps into faith.

His final novel, The Brothers Karamazov, ends with Alyosha affirming that there is a life after death. Though Dostoevsky wrestled with absurd themes, he ultimately placed his faith in God. In this sense, Camus concludes, he is more of an existentialist than an absurdist. Alongside Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Dostoevsky is often cited as one of the great nineteenth century inspirations for the existentialist movement. Like Camus, Dostoevsky is a novelist with philosophical preoccupations.

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Camus praises Dostoevksy for the character, who seems to embody elements of the absurd in his daily life. Like Camus, Kirilov is only interested in dealing with certainties and then proceeding wherever the consequences might lead.