The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky · first published 1874
Mentioned 5 time(s) by 5 guest(s): 3 recommend.
Julia Shaw on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-10-14): mention
“…I’m sometimes like a Prince Myshkin character from The Idiot by Dostoevsky…”
Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex | Lex Fridman Podcast #483
Dana Gioia on Conversations with Tyler (2021-04-07): mention
“…We did Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, right now we're reading Cousin Bette by Balzac…”
John Nye on Conversations with Tyler (2018-11-21): recommend
“…the one that I like to come back to is The Idiot by Dostoevsky…”
John Nye on Revisionist Economic History and Having Too Many Hobbies (Ep. 54)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Conversations with Tyler (2018-05-23): recommend
“…before 15, I read Dostoyevsky and I read The Idiot.…”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Self-Education and Doing the Math (Ep. 41 - Live at Mercatus)
Michael Orthofer on Conversations with Tyler (2016-07-27): recommend
“…I think The Prince is probably my favorite, or The Idiot, as it's sometimes translated.…”