What makes a man truly great? Is greatness about power, ambition, and stepping beyond morality — or is it found in humility, suffering, and redemption? In this video, we explore Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and the philosophy of Raskolnikov, a man who dreamed of becoming extraordinary, much like Napoleon or Nietzsche’s Übermensch, but discovered the heavy price of false greatness.

Through Raskolnikov’s obsession, murder, guilt, and ultimate transformation, we uncover timeless philosophical themes: existentialism, nihilism, morality, conscience, free will, suffering, redemption, and the psychology of greatness. Dostoevsky challenges Nietzsche’s idea of the “extraordinary man” and reveals how true greatness is not found in domination, but in love, humility, and sacrifice.

This is not just a story from Russian literature — it is a mirror for our own lives. What does it really mean to be great? And most importantly: Are you willing to pay the price of greatness?


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Timestamps:
00:00 question
01:09 dream of greatness
03:23 crossing the line
05:59 weight of conscience
07:57 suffering as transformation
10:24 false greatness vs true greatness


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