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But what will become of men then? I asked him, without God and immortal life? — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novel

But what will become of men then? I asked him, without God and immortal life?

In the original Russian

Только как же, спрашиваю, после того человек-то? Без бога-то и без будущей жизни?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov · 1880
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Topic
Decline of religionDeath of GodExistence of GodGod
Statement type
Question
Medium
Novel
Time
1880
Person
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Provenance
Current citation
Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Original citation
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.

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