Is Fyodor Dostoyevsky worth reading?

[enchanted]

Is Fyodor Dostoyevsky worth reading?

Many people recommend Dostoyevsky's books and claim he's one of the best authors ever. Brothes Karamazov is supposed his best book.  Jordan Peterson is one of those people. 

I'm trying to read Brother Karamazov and have read Crime and Punishment but it just seems like Christian propaganda. Here's a quote by Dostoyevsky: "If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not the truth,"

What gives? Why is this guy so popular? What fiction is worth reading?

Edited yesterday at 08:30 PM by enchanted

[Insightful27]

I’ve read White Nights and Notes from Underground. I also bought Brothers Karamazov and I tried to read it but it is just so dense it seems pointless. I do recommend Notes from Underground, it is easy to digest and resonated with me a lot. I listened to Jordan Peterson’s commentary on it and I wasn’t disappointed.

[Leo Gura]

23 hours ago, enchanted said:

Here's a quote by Dostoyevsky: "If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not the truth,"

Once you do enough consciousness work all the themese of human literature becomes childish nonsense.

Edited 2 hours ago by Leo Gura

[UnbornTao]

Meh.

I don't know. 

Whatever. 

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That was a haiku.

[RisingLane]

23 hours ago, enchanted said:

What fiction is worth reading?

This is worth reading ⬆️

This too ⬆️

And this ⬆️

And don't forget this ⬆️

[Davino]

On 1/1/2026 at 9:29 PM, enchanted said:

Here's a quote by Dostoyevsky: "If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not the truth,"

Compare lower Christianity with higher Christianity. This is a quote from one of my favourite Christian mystics, Meister Eckhart:

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Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go