“ I think if the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1880). copy citation
| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Source | The Brothers Karamazov |
| Topic | man devil likeness |
| Date | 1880 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.html |
Context
“The baby laughs with glee, holds out its little hands to the pistol, and he pulls the trigger in the baby's face and blows out its brains. Artistic, wasn't it? By the way, Turks are particularly fond of sweet things, they say.»
«Brother, what are you driving at?» asked Alyosha.
[pg 262] «I think if the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.»
«Just as he did God, then?» observed Alyosha.
«'It's wonderful how you can turn words,' as Polonius says in Hamlet,» laughed Ivan. «You turn my words against me. Well, I am glad. Yours must be a fine God, if man created Him in his image and likeness.” source
«Brother, what are you driving at?» asked Alyosha.
[pg 262] «I think if the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.»
«Just as he did God, then?» observed Alyosha.
«'It's wonderful how you can turn words,' as Polonius says in Hamlet,» laughed Ivan. «You turn my words against me. Well, I am glad. Yours must be a fine God, if man created Him in his image and likeness.” source
Meaning and analysis
