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So good

reading this sometimes feels like im holding an old guys hand and nodding approvingly as he babbles on

We do not see the perversion in the views of life held by these people, only because the circle formed by them is more extensive, and we ourselves are moving inside of it.

This surprises us only because the circle, the atmosphere in which these people live, is limited, and we are outside it. But can we not observe the same phenomenon when the rich boast of their wealth, i.e., robbery; the commanders in the army pride themselves on victories, i.e., murder; and those in high places vaunt their power, i.e., violence?

People whom fate and their sin-mistakes have placed in a certain position, however false that position may be, form a view of life in general which makes their position seem good and admissible. In order to keep up their view of life, these people instinctively keep to the circle of those people who share their views of life and their own place in it.

به فصل ۴۰ رسیدم و برام خیلی جالبه که تولستوی همون چیزی رو نقد میکنه که همیشه برام مسئله بوده؛ فاصله‌ی عمیق بین ادعاهای اخلاقی دین و عملکرد نهادهای دینی. جایی که آیین و تشریفات جای انسانیت و شفقت رو میگیره، دیگه از معنای واقعی ایمان چیزی باقی نمی‌مونه.