In Dostoyevsky’s philosophy we can find a view on the essence of man which does not end in submission to God and his laws, but it is implemented in free acts of leaving God and returning to him. A convincing example of such an issue is the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Crime and Punishment who by making a decision to commit murder, as a consequence of the division of people between „ordinary men” and „extraordinary men”, intends to break the law. The moral issue emerging from Crime and Punishment is treated in the present article as a starting point for considerations on human existence which is dynamic, and in no way can be subjected to rationalization.
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