Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           

           “What?”askedPyotrPetrovitch,notcatchinghiswords;buthereceivednoreply.

           “That’salltrue,”Zossimovhastenedtointerpose.

           “Isn’titso?”PyotrPetrovitchwenton,glancingaffablyatZossimov.“Youmustadmit,”hewenton,addressingRazumihinwithashadeoftriumphandsuperciliousnesshealmostadded“youngman”“thatthereisanadvance,or,astheysaynow,progressinthenameofscienceandeconomictruth...”

           “Acommonplace.”

           “No,notacommonplace!Hitherto,forinstance,ifIweretold,‘lovethyneighbour,’whatcameofit?”PyotrPetrovitchwenton,perhapswithexcessivehaste.“Itcametomytearingmycoatinhalftosharewithmyneighbourandwebothwerelefthalfnaked.AsaRussianproverbhasit,‘Catchseveralharesandyouwon’tcatchone.’Sciencenowtellsus,loveyourselfbeforeallmen,foreverythingintheworldrestsonself-interest.Youloveyourselfandmanageyourownaffairsproperlyandyourcoatremainswhole.Economictruthaddsthatthebetterprivateaffairsareorganisedinsocietythemorewholecoats,sotosaythefirmerareitsfoundationsandthebetteristhecommonwelfareorganisedtoo.Therefore,inacquiringwealthsolelyandexclusivelyformyself,Iamacquiring,sotospeak,forall,andhelpingtobringtopassmyneighbour’sgettingalittlemorethanatorncoat;andthatnotfromprivate,personalliberality,butasaconsequenceofthegeneraladvance.

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