To Defy Power Which Seems Omnipotent
God is dead; but considering the state that the species Man is in, there will perhaps be caves
in which his shadow will be shown. This was written in 1882 by Friedrich Nietzsche, who took a lot of inspiration from Dostoyevsky. In the "Grand Inquisitor" portion of The Brothers Karamazov there is discussion of where the Catholic Church is going, why it is going there, and where this push is coming from. He uses the Catholics as an example of all religions, and brings up the question of what is most important to a man. In the case of the Inquisitor, he is conflicted by the question of whether he wants his power and the power of the church preserved, or does he want to help make the religion a better force in the world. In the end he decides that he would rather damn all of society rather than relinquish his authority.
The first of the conflicting forces is that of self-preservation. The Inquisitor feels that if he does not do his duty,......
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