Freedom of the Heart. ... The search for truth, the want of truth, paradoxically, most often leads to illusion and darkness and pain. ... When these things are reacted to and conformed to by behavior in some way, it indicates a mind in a limited bubble, bound by the illusion of duality -- and in this way, not privy to ultimate truth; and in this way, not free, subconsciously lonely, and in the dark -- all, obviously, to varying degrees with each person, depending on how much, for whatever reason, he focuses on his duality and reacts to it. ... This 'power' only comes through...

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His cramped, ill-furnished, and dark living space is the scene of his recovery and other degrading realizations. ... The dark and gloomy physical setting lays out the mood for Dostoevsky's novel, incorporating a feeling of utter desolation in the reader. ... The home is indeed where the heart is, an undoubtedly true expression in Dostoevsky's novel. ...

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Late in the eighteenth century, Kant gave the most succinct definition of the Enlightenment: bringing "light into the dark corners of mind," dispelling ignorance, prejudice, and superstition. Kant went to the heart of one aspect of the Enlightenment: its insistence that each individual should reason independently, without recourse to the authority of schools, churches, or clergymen. ...

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