monday blog

I personally think that Dostoyevsky talks about consciousness in relation to overthinking a certain situation and overthinking the criteria of that situation. For instance, even when being conscious with everything that is sublime and beautiful, that he feels a type of pain. This pain is derived from his inability to truthfully 'choose a side' (if you will). He overthinks and completely blows the situation out of proportion when it's an idea that is extremely simple. He soon feels happiness at how pathetic he realizes he feels, because he knows there is no other answer to his feeling, and that it is unavoidable. He is too intelligent to avoid the situation, yet he is conscious of it. It relates to the idea that he knows he can be better than an insect, yet he is not, and accepts that idea.