Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) ” The man is an enigma. This enigma must be exposed “. At the age of 18, Dostoevsky had already formulated his vital mission: “Man is an enigma. This enigma must be exposed. And if I spend my life laying it bare, do not tell me I’m wasting my time. I am…
Alexandre Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) “I wanted to be the memory … the memory of a people victim of an unspeakable tragedy.” Literature, like politics, the business world, science and religion, is a privileged field for the exercise of magnanimity. Very shortly after his arrest by the Soviet political police, Alexander Solzhenitsyn grasped the meaning and scope…