Author: Grace Grundt

After reading chapters 5 and 6 of book 11 from The Brothers Karamazov, it is clear to say that Smerdyakov embodies Heidegger’s principle of the Complexity of Bezug. This opinion has been formed by the actions and inner dialogue of Ivan, paired with the attitudes towards Smerdyakov and how he has been mentioned in trial… Continue reading The Brothers Karamazov, Book 11, Chapters 5-6 Blog

Nature’s Beauty The sun will rise from sea to land Red, yellow, and orange we see Its rays do glisten on the sand To an incandescent degree. The morning dew on petals flee, And fawns in forests do awake. The grizzly bear soon becomes free From slumber past, a stretch to take. The sun rises,… Continue reading Extra Credit: Spenserian Poem

While watching the film Serafima’s Extraordinary Adventure, there were multiple clear indications of Serafima’s faith in God as a Christian Orthodox. She had been ostracized by many in her girl’s school, including the headmasters, but she remained loyal to her faith. Throughout the short film, Serafima is seen carrying her mother’s cross, speaking to Rita… Continue reading Extra Credit: Serafima’s Extraordinary Adventure

Grace Grundt Professor Paul Siewers ENLS 341 22 November 2021  Final Essay Initial Draft  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is an extremely influential Russian philosophical book published in 1880. It poses interesting debates about God, faith, loyalty, honesty, and family, all while following a tragic event that brings the Karamazov brothers together. The novel… Continue reading Final Essay Draft 1

In The Brothers Karamazov book 8, part 3, chapter 7, there is an interesting exchange at the dinner table between Pyotr, Dmitri, Grushenka, Maximov, and their women. The tension between Dmitri and Pyotr is evident in the very beginning of the chapter, starting with a simple handshake that had a bit too much of a… Continue reading 11/15 Blog

For this week’s readings, I wanted to focus my blog post solely on Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Particularly, I wanted to focus on the first two chapters of this book and the way the the book itself begins, addressing one particular group of gentlemen. The main character begins speaking about how his health… Continue reading 10/18 Blog

This week, I decided to write about the passage from Medieval Philosophy about Saint Symeon. In reading this passage, I first learned about his spiritual journey, how he had once taken everything in life for granted and once he was under the guidance of another spiritual being, he was exiled to another land in which… Continue reading 9/27 Blog

For this week’s blog post, I wanted to focus on the reading passage from the Philokalia. The short story being told having to do with prayer, worship, different types of prayer, and how St. Simeon was able to save himself and his morals and livelihood through worshipping God was very interesting to me. I was… Continue reading 9/13 Blog

Every man is different in the way he is addressed by God because there are no two circumstances that are exactly the same. I found overlapping information in Philokalia as well as Medieval Philosophy having to do with consequences, action, and how God incites punishment. When reading Philokalia, I came across a passage that discussed… Continue reading 9/6 Blog

Chaucer chooses to show Custance’s devotion to God through a journey of great struggle; she faces multiple near- death experiences and never wavers in her faith, ultimately putting her life in God’s hands. He writes her this way because Chaucer wanted to highlight the power of religion and believing in an all-knowing creator. In reading… Continue reading 8/30 Blog