This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky's work,The Brothers Karamazov, focusing on the fifth chapter of the fifth book, titled "The Grand Inquisitor", during which Ivan and Alyosha are engaged in philosophical discussion.

Specifically it examines the Grand Inquisitor's discussion of the first "temptation" or "question", about turning stones into loaves of bread. This has to do with the human tendency to give their allegiance and freedom to those who supply their bodily needs and desires.

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