In this section of the novel, many of Zosima’s comments set the framework for developing the novel’s primary ideas.
In Book II, Chapter 2, Zosima gives this speech to Fyodor Pavlovich. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. These quotes best encapsulate these gestures.Ībove all, don’t lie to yourself. These gestures are difficult to explain, but they communicate a poetic sense of the elements that make faith both vital and rewarding to the human soul. The argumentative conversation is frequently replaced with profound, unexplained gestures. Even though ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ is primarily a theological inquiry, the novel supports the premise that the decision to believe in God cannot be entirely explained rationally.
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