“... Dostoevsky was of decisive importance in my spiritual life. As a boy I received the Dostoevsky vaccine. He shook my soul more than any other writer or thinker. I have always divided people into Dostoevsky's people and people alien to his spirit. The very early focus of my consciousness on philosophical questions was connected with Dostoevsky’s “damned questions.” Every time I re-read Dostoevsky, he opened up to me from new and new sides. ..."