Crime and Punishment — Page 4
In the words of a Russian critic, who seeks to explain the feeling inspired by Dostoevsky: "He was one of ourselves, a man of our blood and our bone, but one who has suffered and has seen so much more deeply than we have his insight impresses us as wisdom... that wisdom of the heart which we seek that we may learn from it how to live.
Pour reprendre les mots d'un critique russe, qui cherche à expliquer le sentiment qu'inspire Dostoïevski : « Il était l'un des nôtres, un homme de notre sang et de notre chair, mais quelqu'un qui a souffert et qui a vu tellement plus profondément que nous que sa perspicacité nous apparaît comme de la sagesse... cette sagesse du cœur que nous recherchons afin de pouvoir apprendre d'elle comment vivre.
All his other gifts came to him from nature, this he won for himself and through it he became great.
Tous ses autres dons lui vinrent de la nature, celui-ci il le conquit pour lui-même et c'est grâce à lui qu'il devint grand. »
Vocabulary
- Pour
- Preposition meaning 'for' or 'in order to'.
- reprendre
- To take back, resume, or repeat something.
- mots
- Words; units of language used in communication.
- critique
- A critic; someone who analyzes and evaluates works.
- russe
- Russian; relating to Russia or its people.
- cherche
- Seeks or tries to find or explain something.
- expliquer
- To explain or clarify something to someone.
- sentiment
- A feeling or emotional impression about something.
- inspire
- To inspire; to evoke a feeling or idea.
- était
- Was; past imperfect form of the verb 'être'.
- nôtres
- Ours; possessive pronoun referring to our group.
- homme
- Man; an adult male human being.
- sang
- Blood; the fluid circulating in the body.
- chair
- Flesh; the soft tissue of a human body.
- mais
- Conjunction meaning 'but', indicating contrast.
- quelqu'
- Someone; indefinite pronoun referring to a person.
- souffert
- Suffered; past participle of 'souffrir', to suffer.
- vu
- Seen; past participle of 'voir', to see.
- tellement
- So much; to such a great degree or extent.
- plus
- More; indicating a greater degree or quantity.
- profondément
- Deeply; in a profound or intense manner.
- perspicacité
- Perceptiveness; the ability to understand situations clearly.
- apparaît
- Appears; to become visible or seem to be.
- comme
- As or like; used for comparison or similarity.
- sagesse
- Wisdom; deep knowledge, insight, and good judgment.
- cette
- This; demonstrative adjective indicating a specific thing.
- cœur
- Heart; the organ or center of emotion.
- recherchons
- We seek or research; first-person plural present tense.
- afin
- In order to; expresses purpose, used with 'de'.
- pouvoir
- To be able to; modal verb expressing ability.
- apprendre
- To learn or to teach something to someone.
- comment
- How; used to ask or explain the manner.
- vivre
- To live; to exist or experience life.
- Tous
- All; every one of a group of things.
- autres
- Other; referring to additional or different things.
- dons
- Gifts or talents; natural abilities or endowments.
- vinrent
- Came; simple past of 'venir', third-person plural.
- nature
- Nature; the natural world or innate character.
- celui-ci
- This one; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby item.
- conquit
- Conquered or won; simple past of 'conquérir'.
- pour
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit.
- lui-même
- Himself; reflexive emphatic pronoun for self-reference.
- grâce
- Grace or thanks to; elegance or gratitude.
- devint
- Became; simple past of 'devenir', to become.
- grand
- Great or tall; of large size or importance.
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