Funny how that all three, Zossima’s brother, Zossima himself, and the stranger are all seen as being not right in the head when they see the point of life in God. Zossima is taken the most seriously but even he is somewhat laughed off and only the stranger really takes him seriously – to the point of wanting to kill him

Funny then too how Dostoyevsky’s brotherly philosophy through Zossima turned so wrong in Russia