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.
Nelle parole di un critico russo, che cerca di spiegare il sentimento ispirato da Dostoevsky: "Era uno di noi, un uomo del nostro sangue e delle nostre ossa, ma uno che ha sofferto e ha visto così tanto più profondamente di noi che la sua perspicacia ci colpisce come saggezza... quella saggezza del cuore che cerchiamo affinché possiamo imparare da essa come vivere.
All his other gifts came to him from nature, this he won for himself and through it he became great.
Tutti gli altri suoi doni gli vennero dalla natura, questo se lo conquistò da solo e attraverso di esso divenne grande.
Vocabulary
- parole
- Words; spoken or written expressions
- critico
- Critic; person who analyzes and evaluates works
- russo
- Russian; relating to Russia or its people
- cerca
- Tries, seeks; third-person singular of cercare
- spiegare
- To explain; to make something clear or understandable
- sentimento
- Feeling, sentiment; an emotional state or response
- ispirato
- Inspired; filled with creative or emotional motivation
- Era
- He/she/it was; imperfect tense of essere
- uomo
- Man; adult male human being
- sangue
- Blood; vital fluid; also denotes kinship or lineage
- ossa
- Bones; hard skeletal structures of the body
- sofferto
- Suffered; past participle of soffrire
- visto
- Seen; past participle of vedere
- così
- So, thus; adverb indicating degree or manner
- tanto
- So much, so many; indicating a large degree
- profondamente
- Deeply, profoundly; adverb of great depth or intensity
- perspicacia
- Perspicacity; keen insight and sharp understanding
- colpisce
- Strikes, hits; third-person singular of colpire
- saggezza
- Wisdom; deep knowledge and sound judgment
- quella
- That (feminine); demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- cuore
- Heart; organ; also symbolizes emotion and core
- cerchiamo
- We seek, we look for; first-person plural of cercare
- affinché
- So that, in order that; conjunction of purpose
- possiamo
- We can, we are able; first-person plural of potere
- imparare
- To learn; to acquire knowledge or a skill
- essa
- It, she; third-person feminine singular pronoun
- vivere
- To live; to exist or experience life
- Tutti
- All, everyone; referring to the entirety of a group
- altri
- Other, others; referring to additional or different ones
- doni
- Gifts, talents; natural abilities or bestowed presents
- vennero
- They came; third-person plural passato remoto of venire
- natura
- Nature; the natural world or innate character
- conquistò
- He conquered, earned; passato remoto of conquistare
- solo
- Only, alone; adverb or adjective of singularity
- attraverso
- Through, by means of; preposition of passage or method
- esso
- It; third-person singular neuter or masculine pronoun
- divenne
- He/she became; passato remoto of diventare/divenire
- grande
- Great, large; adjective indicating size or importance
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