美よ! 知性も感性も…
美よ! 知性も感性も高い人が、最初は聖なる母マリアを理想に掲げながら、最後は享楽の町ソドムに堕するという考えに俺は耐えられない。もっと恐ろしいのは、魂に悪都ソドムの理想を懐く人間が、聖母マリアの理想を放棄せず、まるで無邪気な青春時代のようにその理想に心を燃やしている、純粋無垢に燃やしているかもしれないのだ。 – ドミートリイ[ドミートリー]・フョードロウィチ・カラマーゾフ(別名:ミーチャ、ミーチカ) — フョードル・ドストエフスキー (1821 – 81): 『カラマーゾフの兄弟』(【訳】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )) (CCXpistiavosによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »



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