Война и мир

Chapter 2

           

           WeneedonlyconfessthatwedonotknowthepurposeoftheEuropeanconvulsionsandthatweknowonlythefacts—thatis,themurders,firstinFrance,theninItaly,inAfrica,inPrussia,inAustria,inSpain,andinRussia—andthatthemovementsfromthewesttotheeastandfromtheeasttothewestformtheessenceandpurposeoftheseevents,andnotonlyshallwehavenoneedtoseeexceptionalabilityandgeniusinNapoleonandAlexander,butweshallbeunabletoconsiderthemtobeanythingbutlikeothermen,andweshallnotbeobligedtohaverecoursetochanceforanexplanationofthosesmalleventswhichmadethesepeoplewhattheywere,butitwillbeclearthatallthosesmalleventswereinevitable.

           Bydiscardingaclaimtoknowledgeoftheultimatepurpose,weshallclearlyperceivethatjustasonecannotimagineablossomorseedforanysingleplantbettersuitedtoitthanthoseitproduces,soitisimpossibletoimagineanytwopeoplemorecompletelyadapteddowntothesmallestdetailforthepurposetheyhadtofulfill,thanNapoleonandAlexanderwithalltheirantecedents.

           

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