Part 3, Chapter 5
Porfiry draws out the article's argument: that humanity divides into 'ordinary' material and 'extraordinary' men who may 'step over' blood for a great idea.
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From Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov's published article argues that extraordinary men (Napoleons, lawgivers) have the right to transgress moral law—the ideological motive for the murder.
Part 5, Chapter 4
Raskolnikov to Sonia: 'I wanted to find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man... whether I have the right.'
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