It's not by William James, but Ursula LeGuin admitted that this novel's chapter on "respectfully return[ing] the ticket" inspired her story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," about a single tortured child in utopia. A student in this novel says "If God does not exist, everything is permitted," and another title character follows Father Zosima as a monk. In a story within this novel, Jesus returns to Earth and gets arre
It's not by William James, but Ursula LeGuin admitted that this novel's chapter on "respectfully return[ing] the ticket" inspired her story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," about a single tortured child in utopia. A student in this novel says "If God does not exist, everything is permitted," and another title character follows Father Zosima as a monk. In a story within this novel, Jesus returns to Earth and gets arrested by a Grand Inquisitor. Near its end, the illegitimate child Smerdyakov is shown to have murdered his alcoholic dad Fyodor. For 10 points, name this Dostoevsky novel about Dimitri, Ivan, and Alyosha, who had the same father.
It's not by William James, but Ursula LeGuin admitted that this novel's chapter on "respectfully return[ing] the ticket" inspired her story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," about a single tortured child in utopia.
The Brothers Karamazov [or Brat'ya Karamazovy]