7 essays where Fyodor Dostoevsky sits on the council. Fyodor weighs in on forgiveness, trust, growth. Read what Fyodor would tell you.
Perel says trust is built in actions not promises. Dostoevsky says suffering can genuinely change a person. Roosevelt says only you can decide what you will accept.
Three thinkers on growth and escape. James says test it against what actually changes. Dostoevsky says your secret motive is waiting. Horney says the idealized self is the first thing to go.
Three thinkers on career and identity. Machiavelli says adaptation is not betrayal. Dostoevsky knows when the soul is lying. Horney asks whose "you" you're protecting.
Three thinkers on guilt and repair. Rogers says the apology is not the repair. Dostoevsky knows the underground of your own justifications. Klein says the impulse to repair is already love.
Three thinkers on lying to someone you love. Chekhov asks what gap the lie fills. Dostoevsky says the motive is not what you think. Spinoza says understanding the feeling transforms it.
Three thinkers on loving without respect. Confucius says duty binds. Murdoch asks what you're actually seeing. Dostoevsky asks what you need them to be.
Three thinkers disagree on forgiving without an apology. Rogers asks what you feel. Lorde asks what your silence cost. Dostoevsky asks what you really want.
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