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The underground man dostoevsky5/9/2023 ![]() And, even though two times two makes four is good logic, two times two is five "is sometimes a very charming thing too." Consequently, mathematical certainty is intolerable. If life were a mathematical certainty, then all the mystery of living is done away with and the act of living becomes "the beginning of death." Man likes the "process of attaining," but not the final product. Man, unlike a race of ants which dies in an ant-heap, is frivolous and unpredictable, and thus loves the game of living even though the act of living is filled with uncertainties. ![]() ![]() It may be that man's "passionate love for destruction and chaos" is because he is afraid of attaining his object. The Underground Man asks his audience: even if it were possible to reform men to act "in accordance with science and good sense," is it desirable to do so? Do "man's inclinations need reforming?" and would it be a benefit to man? Recognizing that man is essentially a creative person, he asserts that the act of creating is more important than the final product. ![]()
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