Who is Dr, Nahum Fichelson from The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer and what is their importance? The_Collected_Stories_of_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer English & Literature "Dr

Dr. Nahum Fischelson is a highly educated academic. He is an adherent to the gloomy views of the misogynistic philosopher Spinoza. Fischelson thinks that other people are all fools and idiots, especially professors who teach Spinoza's views incorrectly to students. He is a hypochondriac who thinks he is dying. He is a man unhappy in the world and in his own skin. Quite suddenly, in his old age, he announces that he is getting married. He goes to the window one night and asks Spinoza's forgiveness because, "I have become a fool."