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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