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Anna Karenina
Chapter 7
On arriving in Moscow by a morning train, Levin had
put up at the house of his elder half-brother, Koznishev.
After changing his clothes he went down to his brother’s
study, intending to talk to him at once about the object of
his visit, and to ask his advice; but his brother was not
alone. With him there was a well-known professor of
philosophy, who had come from Harkov expressly to clear
up a difference that had arisen between them on a very
important philosophical question. The professor was
carrying on a hot crusade against materialists. Sergey
Koznishev had been following this crusade with interest,
and after reading the professor’s last article, he had written
him a letter stating his objections. He accused the
professor of making too great concessions to the
materialists. And the professor had promptly appeared to
argue the matter out. The point in discussion was the
question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn
between psychological and physiological phenomena in
man? and if so, where?
Sergey Ivanovitch met his brother with the smile of
chilly friendliness he always had for everyone, and
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