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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Agora Foundation Online Intensive

Agora Foundation Online Intensive -
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”

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Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into questions of God, free will, and morality. It is a theological drama dealing with problems of faith, doubt and reason in the context of a modernizing Russia, with a plot that revolves around the subject of patricide. This book has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in world literature.

 

These fourteen online seminars will take place on Wednesday afternoons, two weeks apart, September 29, 2021 - April 6, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM Pacific Time. The book will be supplied and sessions will be facilitated by tutors experienced in shared inquiry and the Socratic method. Groups will be limited to 12 participants and no prior knowledge is required. Teachers will be offered 3 CEU credits for participation as requested.  

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COMPLETED

This Fourteen-Week Series is $350. 
Community of Lifelong Learners subscribers
receive a discount of $50 through a refund.
 

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Session One: A Nice Little Family

Wednesday, September 29 - 12:00-1:30PM PDT

From the Author and

Part One - Book One - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 3-33

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Session Two: An Inappropriate Gathering

Wednesday, October 13 - 12:00-1:30PM PDT

Book Two - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 34-91

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Session Three: Sensualists
Wednesday, October 27 - 12:00-1:30PM PDT

Book Three - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 92-162

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Session Four: Strains

Wednesday, November 10 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Part Two - Book Four - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 163-212

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Session Five: Pro and Contra

Wednesday, November 24 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Five - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 213-282

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Session Six: The Russian Monk

Wednesday, December 8 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Six - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 283-326

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Session Seven: Alyosha

Wednesday, December 22 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Part Three - Book Seven - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 327-363

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Note: Skipping January 5, 2022

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Session Eight: Mitya

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Eight - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 364-444

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Session Nine: The Preliminary Investigation

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Nine - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 445-514

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Session Ten: Boys

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Part Four - Book Ten - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 515-562

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Session Eleven: Brother Ivan Fyodorovich

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Eleven - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 563-655

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Session Twelve: A Judicial Error I

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Twelve (first half ) - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 656-705

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Session Thirteen: A Judicial Error II

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Book Twelve (second half)  - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 706-756

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Session Fourteen: Epilogue

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 12:00-1:30PM PST

Epilogue - Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Pages 757-776

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