Artist, Emerson, Zosima

Intro

Emerson begins his essay, which will carry directly into my next piece,
with the announcement that an artist has inspired him and why.
This essay, greater than I have ever known, was surely written in a moment of inspiration,
when Emerson recognized the genius of the artist and held it up high and used it to inspire the greatest text ever written.

The world may have missed this, but The Brothers Karamazov, the greatest book of psychological literature ever written,
is inspired by Emerson.

I know this is so for a certainty because of my study of the gospel. In the last speech given by the character Father Zosima,
he stretches the truth as far as it will go, beyond the point of common sense to the point of absurdity.
The author does this first with scripture, then with Emerson, as here:

Christ:

"But I tell you not to resist an evil person..
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven."

Zosima:

"Again, I say, be not proud. Be proud neither to the little nor to the great. Hate not those who reject you, who insult you, who abuse and slander you.
Hate not the atheists, the teachers of evil, the materialists – and I mean not only the good ones – for there are many good ones among them, especially in our day – hate not even the wicked ones."

Emerson:

"to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true
for all men, — that is genius..our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last
Judgment."
"that there is a great responsible Thinker and Actor
working wherever a man works..
Where he is, there is nature. He measures
you, and all men, and all events."

Zosima:

"When he realises that he is not only worse than others, but that he is responsible to all men for all and everything, for all human sins, national and individual, only then the aim of our seclusion is attained.

For know, dear ones, that every one of us is undoubtedly responsible for all men
– and everything on earth,
not merely through the general sinfulness of creation, but each one personally for all mankind and every individual man."

So we have three philosophical giants, three ingredients necessary to create the strongest message the world has ever known.

• The artist
  
• Emerson
  
• Dostoevsky.

Dostoevsky would go on to inspire Einstein, Osho, Jordan Peterson, the greatest of men who have been known by our time.