Crime and Suicide - Heights of Nihilism in the Thinking of F.M. Dostoevsky
Crime and Suicide - Heights of Nihilism in the Thinking of F.M. Dostoevsky

Summary/Abstract: Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky sees the fate of the human being in such a fateful perspective, knowing that what characterizes human nature and the destiny ofthe contemporary man is nihilism. Nihilism is the sine qua non way of an outragedhuman being who reverses all the values so that the transition from death to lifeinvolves overcoming some infernal obstacles. Thus Dostoevsky - “a prophet fromhell” considered the neurosis that tortured him all his life as part of the Hell that manmust go through in order to reach the light.Modern man is guilty of the crime stated by Fr. Nietzsche – “killing God”. But thephilosopher of nihilism did not completely draw the bad consequences of this spiritual crime: that killing the Creator can only lead to killing His creation. ThereforeDostoevsky’s universe comprises acts of murder and suicide

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