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13673522 No.13673522 [Reply] [Original]

Why didn't he become a philosopher instead of a novelist?

>> No.13673527

No money in philosophy.

>> No.13673528
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13673528

The real question is:
Why didn't he become a playwright?

>> No.13673537

>>13673527
he wasn't rich tho. People at the time didn't like his ideas.

>> No.13673555

To communicate his ideas to a wider audience. Many more people have read Dosto than Kant.

>> No.13673580

>>13673527
Did he make much money?

>> No.13673592

Some of his books ought to be called Socratic Dialogues. Which is the highest philosophical medium.

>> No.13673616

>>13673528
He wrote some plays, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov_bibliography#Drama

>> No.13673625

>>13673522
Who gives a shit about philosophy? lmao it's litreally for homosexual autists

>> No.13673650

>>13673537
It happens with some authors and artists, that their works are valued more after the author's death. Most of them tend to be poor. But given the choice he made, he probably thought it would earn him some money. Such are life choices.

>>13673580
How much money would he made if he wrote philosophy books?

>> No.13674858

>>13673625
Same as novelwriting.