Abstract

Panichas presents Dostoevsky as a metaphysician whose ontology opens one to the transcendent. But more than that, he casts him in the mold of a Hebrew prophet, albeit one who is a Russian Orthodox Christian. Dostoevsky’s imagination, Panichas tells us, finds its wellsprings in a realistic metaphysics, crowned by a distinctive theological witness. One does not have to be of like mind to appreciate Dostoevsky’s insights, but there can never be any doubt with respect to their source.