Book 5, Chapter 5 (The Grand Inquisitor)
The full poem; the Inquisitor's argument that the Church has corrected Christ's work through 'miracle, mystery, and authority.'
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From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ivan's prose poem in which a 90-year-old Inquisitor confronts a returned Christ, arguing that humanity cannot bear the burden of freedom Christ gave them.
Book 5, Chapter 5
The famous silent kiss: Christ kisses the old man on his bloodless lips - his only answer.
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Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom.Read in Books4Free →
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