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Dostoevsky novel Jiang calls the great novel of Russian civilization, centered on Raskolnikov's reasoned murder and the heart's judgment.
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Crime and Punishment
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Crime and Punishment shows that reasoning a murder into moral acceptability cannot overcome the human heart; reason is nothing if the heart rejects it.
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"...deeply about the meaning of life. He writes something called Crime and Punishment. Which is really the great novel of Russian civilization."
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"...long time. He's got it all reasoned out. And what crime and punishment will show us is. Reason is nothing. It doesn't really matter...."
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"And you're like. That makes no sense. But again. That's the beauty of Russian literature. It's focused on what drives us psychologically. It's not..."
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"...This is something that Dostoevsky talks about in his book Crime and Punishment. So, in the book Crime and Punishment, the protagonist wants to..."
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"...Of. Russian civilization. Okay. So. Let's see how this influences. Crime and punishment. So. This is a very important passage. In. Crime. And. Punishment...."
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"...And. Is. Important. Because. What. Dostoevsky. Wants. To. Show. In. Crime. And. Punishment. Is. That. This. Sort. Of. Reasoning. It. Sounds. Right. But. It...."
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"...right? So Russians, you have Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment. The Germans have great philosophy, Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel. We'll go into..."
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