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Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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Afterwords
Did you miss the meeting? Or did we fail to discuss all the questions? Perhaps something slipped your mind, or only occurred to you later. If so, here's your chance to continue the conversation. For the time being, this blog is open for comment only to registered members of the book group. Other readers may contact me at hcrane@cambridgema.gov. Please, no flaming or cussing.
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Hugo writes (p.277) that the "excessive weight" of Napoleon "upset the balance" and "was embarrassing God." And on p. 285 "The disappearance of the great man was necessary to the coming of the great century. Someone whom you do not answer back saw to it." At the same time, on p. 289, Waterloo is characterized as "a game of poker won by Europe, paid out by France," and on p. 295 "But what does that [Waterloo] matter to destiny?"
It seems that God, as conceived of by Hugo, was not indifferent to Waterloo if Napoleon was an embarrassment to be gotten rid of in order to make way for the 19th century. However, Destiny does seem indifferent, since Waterloo in its eye is a game of chance.
I guess I'm confused about the concepts of God, Destiny, Eternity.
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