Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           “Inhisarticleallmenaredividedinto‘ordinary’and‘extraordinary.’Ordinarymenhavetoliveinsubmission,havenorighttotransgressthelaw,because,don’tyousee,theyareordinary.Butextraordinarymenhavearighttocommitanycrimeandtotransgressthelawinanyway,justbecausetheyareextraordinary.Thatwasyouridea,ifIamnotmistaken?”

           “Whatdoyoumean?Thatcan’tberight?”Razumihinmutteredinbewilderment.

           Raskolnikovsmiledagain.Hesawthepointatonce,andknewwheretheywantedtodrivehim.Hedecidedtotakeupthechallenge.

           “Thatwasn’tquitemycontention,”hebegansimplyandmodestly.“YetIadmitthatyouhavestateditalmostcorrectly;perhaps,ifyoulike,perfectlyso.”(Italmostgavehimpleasuretoadmitthis.)“TheonlydifferenceisthatIdon’tcontendthatextraordinarypeoplearealwaysboundtocommitbreachesofmorals,asyoucallit.Infact,Idoubtwhethersuchanargumentcouldbepublished.Isimplyhintedthatan‘extraordinary’manhastheright...thatisnotanofficialright,butaninnerrighttodecideinhisownconsciencetooverstep...certainobstacles,andonlyincaseitisessentialforthepracticalfulfilmentofhisidea(sometimes,perhaps,ofbenefittothewholeofhumanity).Yousaythatmyarticleisn’tdefinite;IamreadytomakeitasclearasIcan.PerhapsIamrightinthinkingyouwantmeto;verywell.

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