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“We were not free because we were not alone. The absolute individual, perfectly free, could exist only outside the life of others, outside of society - a Robinson Crusoe.”

Man’s free will differs from every other force in that man is directly conscious of it, but in the EYES OF REASON it in no way differs from any other force. The forces of gravitation, electricity, or chemical affinity are only distinguished from one another, and that they are differently defined by reason.” -Leo Tolstoy

Re-reading because duh

“From sitting in judgement over the world he had ended up indicting himself - an impossible procedure.”

“They found him personally repellent. They tried to hide their feelings; they kept their distance from him and conducted themselves with emphatic correctness. And yet he felt their aversion almost physically.