As quoted in Kierkegaard, the Melancholy Dane (1950) by Harold Victor Martin.
• I believe in Christ and confess him not like some child; my hosanna has passed through an enormous furnace of doubt.
• Last Notebook (1880–1881), Literaturnoe nasledstvo, 83: 696; as quoted in Kenneth Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia (2004), p. 21, hdn
• I believe in Christ and confess him not like some child; my hosanna has passed through an enormous furnace of doubt.
• Last Notebook (1880–1881), Literaturnoe nasledstvo, 83: 696; as quoted in Kenneth Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia (2004), p. 21, hdn
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It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.
• Variant translation:
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.
• Variant translation:" in the context of "As quoted in Kierkegaard, the Melancholy Dane (1950) by Harold Victor Martin.
• I believe in Christ and confess him not like some child; my hosanna has passed through an enormous furnace of doubt.
• Last Notebook (1880–1881), Literaturnoe nasledstvo, 83: 696; as quoted in Kenneth Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia (2004), p. 21, hdn" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.
About Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.
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