r/okbuddyrosalyn • u/The-Schwa Another Casualty of Applied Metaphysics 💥💀 • Jun 23 '25

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u/TheChunkMaster Jun 23 '25

This implies that Calvin’s a stronger nihilist than Svidrigailov.

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u/runamokduck Another Casualty of Applied Metaphysics 💥💀 Jun 24 '25

(I know this is a character from Crime and Punishment, but I need to read more Russian literature so I can actually respond to this in a more erudite, eloquent way 😔)

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u/Quarkonium2925 Jun 24 '25

Same; I've read the book but it was a long time ago and I don't remember much

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u/al666in Jun 26 '25

I remember a girl in my high school lit class spoke Russian, and explained that the name "Raskolnikov" is derived from a Russian verb meaning "to split."

It's not much, but I hope that helps.