In the 1864 novella "Notes from  Underground," he expounded on his belief that utopian Western philosophies could never satisfy the contradictory  yearnings of the human soul.
Na novela de 1864, "Notas do Subterrâneo", expôs a sua crença de que as filosofias utópicas ocidentais nunca podiam satisfazer os anseios contraditórios da alma humana.