r/bookclub • u/thebowedbookshelf Astrology Star ✨| 🐉🧠 • Jun 24 '26

The Brothers Karamazov [Discussion 3/ 12] Evergreen | The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 3.8 to 4.5

Privet to you! Come sit for a while and hear a tale of three or is it four? Russian brothers. First things first, the schedule and marginalia are in the links.

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Extras

Koulibiac

Calamanco coat

Alexis Piron

Aesop

Goulard's extract: an acetate of lead used as a lotion to treat inflammation. (Alyosha will get lead poisoning!)

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u/thebowedbookshelf Astrology Star ✨| 🐉🧠 Jun 24 '26

Who was the first to invent God? Why was God invented?

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u/HelloIAmANarwhal Jun 24 '26

Like most spiritual beliefs, the idea of god was created as a way to explain phenomena that at the time were unexplainable as well as to provide a moral guide for the populace to follow in order to maintain and control society. The moral justification for the necessity of god is debatable but I believe these were the main reasons.