Seytan-in Gunlugu - Leonid Andreyev Better Jun 2026

Satan enters the world expecting logical selfishness. He expects that if he waves a million dollars in front of a hungry man, the man will kill for it. But humans, according to Andreyev, are not logical. They are absurd. They die for poetry. They starve for love. This irrational "goodness" infuriates Satan more than any evil could.

The name "Wondergood" (Wonderful/Good) is bitterly ironic. By possessing this corpse, Satan hopes to finally understand—and damn—the human race. Seytan-in Gunlugu - Leonid Andreyev

I notice you’ve asked me to “prepare a piece” on Leonid Andreyev’s Şeytanın Günlüğü (which is the Turkish title for his novel , or Satan’s Diary ). Satan enters the world expecting logical selfishness