Subject: Re: Dostoevski's Quote -- Gotcha!
From: Paul Miller (phm@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2000 - 14:00:41 EST
Jim wrote:
The speaker is Father Zossima, good
old Eastern Orthodox monk spiritual kinda guy. Prefers this definition of
hell over more physical definitions of hell fire. It goes on:
"But that is just his torment, to rise up to the Lord without ever having
loved, to be brought close to those who have loved when he has despised
their love. .
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Thanks for this. I haven't read Brothers K. I think I will add it to my
reading list, quite possibly close to the top.
Incidentally, even Babe in one of the stories (perhaps Last Furlough?)
chooses to spend part of a day with Father Zossima and Alyosha.
Sonny-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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I have just got to locate some of these early stories and READ them. I'm a
real fan of pre-53 Salinger.
Paul M
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