![]() ![]() ![]() Notes from Underground is actually a response to another text, entitled What Is to be Done? (Marder, Meyer, & Wyshak, n. However, the novel did not convey a message agreeable to the intellectual milieu instead, it served to criticize its very existence. The prevalence of reason strongly influenced and inspired Dostoevsky to write Notes from Underground (Marder, Meyer, & Wyshak, n. Perfection was only attainable through the application of reason and the manifestation of “enlightened self-interest” (Marder, Meyer, & Wyshak, n. All of these movements were established on the belief that reasonable and natural-law theories could establish a perfect society (Emerson, 1992). Reason was the means in which man and society can develop for the better.Įuropean thought was dominated by materialism, liberalism and more importantly, utopianism (Marder, Meyer, & Wyshak, n. The period left no room for superstition or foolishness rationality reigned supreme (Marder, Meyer, & Wyshak, n. During this time, reason governed over every endeavor, and was valued above everything else. ![]()
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