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I've always been profoundly struck by Dostoyevsky's depiction of the devil. In The Brothers Karamazov, the devil says: "My best feelings, gratitude, for example

I've always been profoundly struck by Dostoyevsky's depiction of the devil. In The Brothers Karamazov, the devil says: "My best feelings, gratitude, for example, are formally forbidden solely because of my social position." It's something I think about very often.

tsol 4y ago
Was that during The Grand Inquisitor?
- xwowsersx 4y ago
  IIRC, it was the night before the trial when Ivan wakes up and the devil goes on that monologue. Just before Alyosha knocks on the door and tells him that Smerdyakov hanged himself.