Війна і мир

Chapter 1

           

           Whenanapplehasripenedandfalls,whydoesitfall?Becauseofitsattractiontotheearth,becauseitsstalkwithers,becauseitisdriedbythesun,becauseitgrowsheavier,becausethewindshakesit,orbecausetheboystandingbelowwantstoeatit?

           Nothingisthecause.Allthisisonlythecoincidenceofconditionsinwhichallvitalorganicandelementaleventsoccur.Andthebotanistwhofindsthattheapplefallsbecausethecellulartissuedecaysandsoforthisequallyrightwiththechildwhostandsunderthetreeandsaystheapplefellbecausehewantedtoeatitandprayedforit.EquallyrightorwrongishewhosaysthatNapoleonwenttoMoscowbecausehewantedto,andperishedbecauseAlexanderdesiredhisdestruction,andhewhosaysthatanunderminedhillweighingamilliontonsfellbecausethelastnavvystruckitforthelasttimewithhismattock.Inhistoriceventstheso-calledgreatmenarelabelsgivingnamestoevents,andlikelabelstheyhavebutthesmallestconnectionwiththeeventitself.

           Everyactoftheirs,whichappearstothemanactoftheirownwill,isinanhistoricalsenseinvoluntaryandisrelatedtothewholecourseofhistoryandpredestinedfrometernity.

           

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