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dream of a rediculous man by: fyodor dostoevsky
what does rediculous mean here?
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No matter how deep your faith, no one can truthfully deny that there is absolutely no evidence of an afterlife. So then, why isn't crime running rampant in the streets? What is it that makes people put the needs of others ahead of their own? Why do the overwhelming majority of us behave daily in such totally ridiculous ways when the one single certainty we have in life is that we are going to be here for a very short time and most of us will never get everything we really want simply by working hard and following the rules? Fedor Dostoevsky submits his answer to these questions in his short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man." I believe that in Dostoevsky short story, the word ridiculous could be substituted by any of the 7 deadly sins, like pride, jealousy, gluttony, vanity, sloveness, umm, I forgot the rest, but you get the idea.
- Michele
ADDENDUM
First I went and read part of the Short Story by Doestoevsky. Then I found an explanation on so a website and that helped me to understand what Doystoevsky was saying. Then I added my own understanding of it, at the end. Glad that you liked it.
Michele
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If you are meaning ridiculous it means absurd or funny.
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