Read it. At school, in German advanced class, as optional reading. We had to read three books from a given list of ten... I liked Dostoyevsky and the title sounded provocative ;-))
The idiot is not really one, of course. On the one hand, he was portrayed as naive, but on the other hand, he was nice. Perhaps that is what makes him an idiot ;-)) A current issue, it seems to me.
The fact is that he thought philosophically and morally where others used their elbows. Personally, I also found that today he would perhaps be classified as being on the autism spectrum...
If you ask me, that's the correct definition of an idiot, someone who is always nice and ready to help others. If you don't use your elbows or are a rude person, you can forget it. Then you attract parasites, people who take advantage of you, and you will indeed be laughed at. It also reminds me of the Bible verse: blessed are the poor in spirit. It's also true that if you don't think too much, you have a considerably easier life, because you can let everything slide off you. Hey, morality is worthless in a world where everyone lives without morals, without standards and values. Then you're just the idiot who clings desperately to something that gets him nowhere. This author was definitely not on our literature list for any language. The books were completely different and often, in the case of Dutch, old Dutch books written a few hundred years ago. Thank you for your response.
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