Ross Garner, Michael Conklin, Landon O'Neil, Hannah Jensen, and Tania Medina discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Ross begins by providing context to the chapter, The Grand Inquisitor, and the group discusses its central theme of free will.

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Ross Garner, Benjamin Asvitt, Faith Sawyer, and Mark Bixler discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Benjamin begins by providing a short synopsis of the next 100 pages of the book after which Mark shares a passage from the book related to human nature. They discuss Dimitri Karamazov's view of man and his buggish nature as well as whether it is morally permissible to wish for someone's death. Though somewhat depressing themes, the conversation ends hopeful and optimistic.

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Ross Garner, Sabrina Dailey, and Victoria Smith discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Sabrina begins by providing a short synopsis of the first 100 pages of the book after which Victoria begins the conversation by quoting a passage from Elder Zosima's teachings on active love. They discuss the power of active love and how it changes their ideals from being selfish to selfless.

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