"The Grand Inquisitor" is a poem in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880). It is told by Ivan, who questions the possibility of a personal and benevolent God, to his brother Alyosha, a novice monk. The Grand Inquisitor is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in modern literature because of its ideas about human nature and freedom, and its fundamental ambiguity. Scholars cite Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos as a major inspiration for Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor, while also noting that "The sources of the legend are extraordinarily varied and complex."

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	July 5, 2016
ISBN13	9781535101424
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	26
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 1 mm · 49 g
Language	English

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