Chapter “Vinci te stesso e vincerai il mondo”. Le fonti di un aforisma rinvenibile nelle opere di Dostoevskij dell’ultimo periodo

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Cavazza, antonella cc
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Italian
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Abstract
Notable among the stylistic tools adopted by Dostoevskij to disseminate the values that he considered crucial for the moral revival of contemporary Russian society is the use of the aphorism. This article explores the origins of the renowned maxim “If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself”, a phrase that recurs either in this form or with some variation in the literary and journalistic texts that Dostoyevsky authored towards the end of his life. His sources include Saint Augustine, Thomas à Kempis, and Prosper of Aquitaine.
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https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58240
Keywords
Dostoevskij; aphorism; Saint Augustine; Thomas à Kempis; Prosper of Aquitaine
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-910-2.15
ISBN
9788864539102, 9788864539102
Publisher
Firenze University Press
Publisher website
https://www.fupress.com/
Publication date and place
Florence, 2019
Series
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici, 43
Classification
Sociology
Pages
10
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/