In this episode of our existentialism series, we turn to Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground through the lens of Nietzsche’s philosophy. The Underground Man, with his sharp intellect and corrosive self-awareness, embodies the tensions of modernity that Nietzsche critiqued: the struggle between reason and will, the paralysis of excessive self-consciousness, and the despair that arises from living without a guiding purpose or authentic values.