Mikhail Bulgakov vs. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Mikhail Bulgakov
1951 – 1984
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight, and The Days of the Turbins.
"Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me…"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1871 – 1922
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and philosopher, best known for Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. His works probe psychology, morality, and existential questions in 19th-century Russian society.
"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or ar…"
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