Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" by Gordon Shockley, Peter Frank

“…The thrust of our effort is to require students read Fyodor Dostoevsky's “The Grand Inquisitor” and the Father Zossima portions from The Brothers Karamazov, originally published in Russian in 1863 as a seminal work in the golden age of Russian literature. …”
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Nihilism and freedom in the Legend of the Grand Inquisitor by Antonio Malo

“…The purpose of this essay is to analyze the roots of nihilism as the great Russian writer has identified and described them in The Grand Inquisitor. In this story, Dostoyevsky captures the tension between the modern person’s spirit of rebellion and his or her infinite desire for God, a desire that is often expressed in compassion for the suffering of the innocent. …”
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Um estudo do aparelho psíquico em “O Grande Inquisidor”, de Dostoiévski by Noah de Aguiar Pinho, Altamir Botoso

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El Greco’s Portrait of Grand Inquisitor Niño de Guevara: Image of Authority and Power of Image by Natalia Shéleshneva-Solodóvnikova

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Bugs, Burrow, Inquisitor: Dostoevskian Intertexts in Eyeless in Gaza by Angelika Reichmann

“…The present article is devoted to the discussion of intertextual connections between Aldous Huxley’s Eyeless in Gaza (1936) and three works by Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground(1864), Crime and Punishment (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880, Grand Inquisitor scene). As is well-known, the Dostoevskian novel of ideas was a major inspiring force for Aldous Huxley’s art: Huxley’s rewriting of the Grand Inquisitor episode in Brave New World (1932) is probably the best-known case in point. …”
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Tra ricerca e memoria: Leggenda di Alessandro Solbiati by Graziella Seminara

“… The article examines Alessandro Solbiati’s second theatrical work, Leggenda, which takes inspiration from the tale “The Grand Inquisitor” included in Dostoevsky’s novel The Karamazov Brothers. …”
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Influenze russe nella commedia “Al Dio ignoto” di Diego Fabbri by Antonella Cavazza

“…In particular the legend of the Grand Inquisitor, which is present in the first book of the novel The Brothers Karamazov, is quoted in Al Dio ignoto. …”
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To Be or Not to Be God—The Issue of Authorial Power in Dostoevsky by Alexander Zholkovsky

“…However, in one instance, where Aliosha Karamazov charitably scripts Captain Snegirev’s behavior, the ensuing discussion of this episode, in Aliosha’s conversations with Lise Khokhlakova, upholds Aliosha’s right to play god with the Other—“for the Other’s own good”, of course (not unlike the Grand Inquisitor).…”
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Функция криптоцитаты на основе сравнительного анализа картины „Что есть истина. Христос и Пилат” Н. Ге и „Легенды о Вели- ком Инквизиторе” Ф.М. Достоевского... by Paulina Bogusz-Tessmar

“…Ge and “The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor” by F. Dostoyevsky aims at highlighting the relations between the analysed phenomena found both in the picture of Ge and in the legend. …”
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'The brothers Karamazov' and 'On the open road': F. M. Dostoevsky and Steve Tesich's moral imperative by Šoškić Radoje V.

“…Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov, whose episodic interpolation yet its moral centre - the legend of the Grand Inquisitor, inspired Tesich to use the motif of Christ's Second Coming in his play. …”
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The Rage of Ivan Karamazov by Edin Pobrić

“…In this novel, Dostoyevsky portrays the conflict of several worlds that is ultimately unsolvable by any system of binary oppositions.The individual principles of Ivan or Zosima, Christ or the Grand Inquisitor, Alyosha or Smerdyakov, with the worlds of all other characters, are read as one universe of opposites and, at the same time, some strange connections between all these worlds that do not seem to be wholly reasonably understood. …”
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Conservatism of Nikolai Berdyaev: freedom to transform tradition by Makarova Anna F.

“…In the article, Berdyaev’s specific interpretation of conservatism is indicated: for him conservatism is the freedom to change (transform) tradition while maintaining connection with the Fathers; such creative processes, according to the philosopher, should also take place in the church, and the role of a thinker, a believing philosopher in this can be important — that was shown by Berdyaev himself and by the heroes of his articles, which became the causes or expression of conflicts between Berdyaev and the Orthodox Church: “Quenchers of the Spirit” (1913), “The Worth of Christianity and the Unworthiness of Christians” (1928), “The Spirit of the Grand Inquisitor” (1935) and “Does freedom of Thought and Conscience exist in Orthodoxy? …”
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Law instead of Christian morality: Leon Petrazhycki’s paradox of love ethics by Elena Timoshina

“…The author draws a parallel between the ideal constructed by Petrazhycki and the “reign of peace and happiness” without freedom that was described by Dostoevsky in “The Grand Inquisitor”.…”
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ZAGREBELSKY, Gustavo (2007) lmparare democrazia. by Manuel A. Núñez Poblete

“…Se trata del Diritto mitte o el Derecho dúctil, en su versión castellana, trabajo que ha sido seguida por importantes textos, tales como Il "crucifuge.'" e la democrazia (Einaudi, Turín, 1995), La domanda di giustizia (con Cado Maria Martini Card., Einaudi , 2003), La leggenda del grande inquisitore (Morcelliana, Brescia, 2003), Principî e voti (Einaudi, Turín, 2005), Diritti e Costituzione nell'Unione Europea (a cura di, Laterza, Roma, 2003), Norberto Bobbio tra Diritto e politica (con M. …”
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