Анна Каренина

Chapter 7

           

           “Yes,buttheyWurt,andKnaust,andPripasovwouldanswerthatyourconsciousnessofexistenceisderivedfromtheconjunctionofallyoursensations,thatthatconsciousnessofexistenceistheresultofyoursensations.Wurt,indeed,saysplainlythat,assumingtherearenosensations,itfollowsthatthereisnoideaofexistence.”

           “Imaintainthecontrary,”beganSergeyIvanovitch.

           ButhereitseemedtoLevinthatjustastheywerecloseupontherealpointofthematter,theywereagainretreating,andhemadeuphismindtoputaquestiontotheprofessor.

           “Accordingtothat,ifmysensesareannihilated,ifmybodyisdead,Icanhavenoexistenceofanysort?”hequeried.

           Theprofessor,inannoyance,and,asitwere,mentalsufferingattheinterruption,lookedroundatthestrangeinquirer,morelikeabargemanthanaphilosopher,andturnedhiseyesuponSergeyIvanovitch,asthoughtoask:What’sonetosaytohim?ButSergeyIvanovitch,whohadbeentalkingwithfarlessheatandone-sidednessthantheprofessor,andwhohadsufficientbreadthofmindtoanswertheprofessor,andatthesametimetocomprehendthesimpleandnaturalpointofviewfromwhichthequestionwasput,smiledandsaid:

           “Thatquestionwehavenorighttoanswerasyet.”

           “Wehavenottherequisitedata,”chimedintheprofessor,andhewentbacktohisargument.“No,”hesaid;“Iwouldpointoutthefactthatif,asPripasovdirectlyasserts,perceptionisbasedonsensation,thenweareboundtodistinguishsharplybetweenthesetwoconceptions

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