Who said: "Beauty will save the world"? Who is the author of the statement?

Great people are great in everything. Often phrases from novels written by recognized geniuses of the literary world, become winged and are passed from mouth to mouth by many generations.

So it happened with the expression "Beauty will save the world". It is used by many and every time in a new sound, with a new meaning. Who said: "Beauty will save the world"? These words belong to one of the characters of the work of the great Russian classic, thinker, genius - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

A well-known Russian writer was born in 1821 on November 11th. He grew up in a large and poor family, distinguished by extreme religiosity, virtue and decency. Father - a parish priest, mother - a merchant's daughter.

All childhood of the future writer the family regularly attended the church, the children together with adults read the Old, Old and New Testaments. The Gospel is very memorable for Dostoevsky, he does not mention it in one work in the future.

The writer studied in boarding houses, far from home. Then in the Engineering School. The next and main milestone in his life was the literary path, which captured him completely and irrevocably.

One of the hardest moments was katorga, which lasted 4 years.

The most famous works are the following:

• "Poor people."
• "White Nights.
• "Double".
• "Notes from a dead house."
• The Brothers Karamazov.
• "Crime and Punishment".
• "Idiot" (it is from this novel that the phrase "Beauty will save the world").
• "Demons".
• "Teenager".
• "Diary of a writer."

In all the works the writer raised acute questions of morality, virtue, conscience and honor. The philosophy of the moral foundations worried him exceedingly, and this was reflected in the pages of his writings.

Winged phrases from the novels of Dostoevsky

On the question of who said: "Beauty will save the world," you can answer in two ways. On the one hand, it is the hero of the novel "Idiot" Ippolit Terentyev, who retells other people's words (supposedly the statement of Prince Myshkin). However, this phrase can also be attributed to the prince himself.

On the other hand, it turns out that these words belong to the author of the novel, Dostoevsky. Therefore, the interpretation of the origin of the phrase a few.

Fyodor Mikhailovich always had such a feature: many of the phrases he wrote became winged. After all, for sure everyone knows such words as:

• "Money is a chased freedom."
• "We must love life more than the meaning of life."
• "People, people - this is the most important thing: people are more expensive than money."

And this, of course, is not the whole list. But there is also the most famous and beloved phrase that the writer used in his work: "Beauty will save the world." It still causes a lot of different arguments about the meaning contained in it.

The novel "Idiot"

This novel was written by the author in 1868. Very interesting and sad in its result the story of an infinitely pure, naive, kind and honest man - Prince Myshkin, mentally ill, but worthy of experiencing his illness.

The main line throughout the novel is love. Love and inner spiritual tragedy of the heroes: Aglaia Epanchina, Nastasya Filippovna, Prince Myshkin and others.

The main character, many do not take seriously, considering a completely innocuous child. However, the plot is twisted in such a way that it is the prince who becomes the center of all events that take place. He is the object of the love of two beautiful and powerful women.

But his personal qualities, humanity, excessive insight and sensitivity, love for people, the desire to help the offended and outcast played him a cruel joke. He made a choice and was mistaken. His brain, tormented by the disease, does not stand, and the prince turns into a completely mentally retarded person, just a child.

Who said: "Beauty will save the world"? A great humanist, sincere, open and boundlessly kind person, who understood exactly such qualities under the beauty of people - Prince Myshkin.

Prince Myshkin: virtue or stupidity?

This is almost the same difficult question as the meaning of the winged phrase about beauty. Some say - virtue. Others are stupid. This is what determines the beauty of the person in charge. Everyone thinks and understands the meaning of the hero's fate, his character, his train of thought and experience in his own way.

In places in the novel there is indeed a very fine line between the stupidity and sensitivity of the hero. After all, by and large, it was his virtue, his desire to protect, help all around him become fatal and disastrous.

He seeks beauty in people. He notices her in all. He sees the boundless ocean of beauty in Nastasya Filippovna, Aglaya and believes that beauty will save the world. The statements about this phrase in the novel deride her, the prince, his understanding of the world and people. However, many felt how good he was. And envied his purity, love for people, sincerity. From envy, perhaps, and talked nastiness.

Importance of the image of Ippolit Terentyev

In fact, his image is sporadic. He is only one of many people who envy the prince, discuss it, condemn and do not understand. He laughs at the phrase "Beauty will save the world." His reasoning on this score is definitely: the prince said unimaginable stupidity and there is no sense in his phrase.

However, of course, it is, and very deep. Just for the limited people like Terentyev, the main thing is money, respectable appearance, position. Internal content, his soul is not very interested, so he ridicules the prince's utterance.

What is the meaning of the author's expression?

Dostoevsky always appreciated the subtle soul organization of people, their honesty, inner beauty and fullness of the world view. It is these qualities that he endowed his unfortunate hero. Therefore, speaking of who said: "Beauty will save the world," one can confidently say that the author of the novel is himself, through the image of his hero.

With this phrase he tried to make it clear that the main thing is not the appearance, not the beautiful features of the face and the stateness of the figure. And then, for which people love - their inner peace, spiritual qualities. It is kindness, responsiveness and humanity, sensitivity and love for all living things that will allow people to save the world. This is the real beauty, and people who have such qualities are truly beautiful.