many of their good points were simply a veneer, something they were not responsible for, since it had been acquired unconsciously through inheritance.
fuck, it’s the theme of inheritance. myshkin’s legacy of not just a good name, money, and place in society, but is most importantly his legacy of human weakness.
‘something they were not responsibly for, since it had been acquired subconsciously through inheritence,’ is a very witty comment by mr. narrator especially after he gave us those speeches about practical men vs geniuses in Chapter 3.1, ‘real’ people with original ideas in Chapter 4.1.
