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Notes From Underground Reason

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When thinking about the mid-18th century Enlightenment movement, the word “Reason “ has become that represents this movement. French philosophers believed reason could impart critical, well-informed solutions to many social issues and is essence improve the human condition. Fyodor Dostoevksky ‘s Notes from Underground is considered one of the more famous anti-Enlightenment novels because of the rejection for such notions. This novel portrays Dostoevskys’ belief that there were gaps in this idea that the mind can be freed from ignorance through reason, and his rejection of the idea that humans could achieve a higher exsistence by doing so. The story itself is based off the thoughts and occasional rants of a character with whom we don’t know
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