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Misreading Quote by Will Self

“I think it's a misreading of Dostoevsky to think of…” quote by Will Self — Download Open image

“I think it's a misreading of Dostoevsky to think of him as a programmatic theist. He's actually much closer to someone like William James. He's actually a pragmatist.”

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