▲ 8 r/dostoevsky
Why was the underground man afraid of love?
Just finished reading notes from underground which was my introduction to Dostoyevsky.
The ending left me with an eerie feeling. Making me rethink the meaning of love and suffering.
If everything is transactional in life and we decide we love someone because they give us something in return and get something in return. (Security, social status, belonging need)
How are we to ever know if the feeling that we have is actually love if there is no way to define it.
u/mndp0010 — 2 days ago