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That was, naturally, the first place I went, but the list of characters there doesn't list their nicknames (a big deal in Russian literature, obviously), or their relation to one another,...

Well, last try. :( Would really appreciate any help, so I can avoid having to buy another copy of the book in hopes that it contains this.

Not sure if bumping is permitted around here. :) Would really appreciate anyone who could just give me a rough overview of the characters, so I'm not too lost in the first third of the book.

Hi there,

I'm reading The Gambler and was wondering if anyone familiar with it could perhaps give me a brief rundown of its characters and their general relationship to one another at the start of...

Huh? :D

I found one site (not a quote site) containing the following text:

"The only thing that separates man from animal is man's ability to conceptualize the perceptions."

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If God even somewhat resembles His portrayal in The Bible, and we were to encounter Him in the afterlife, I think each and every one of us would hide our face out of unfathomable shame upon first...

D'oh. My bad.

I've seen it attributed to Saint Augustine, which I think is likely. Tennyson lived 1,500 years after Augustine, so he might have been quoting him, borrowing from him, or something of the sort.

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I always thought it meant that we'll be around, but our civilization will indeed be wiped out, leaving us to use primitive tools to fight any further wars. I never really thought he was implying that...

Correct. It's sometimes phrased as "An unanalyzed life is not worth living."

I'll chime in with my favorites soon. It'll be tough to pick just a few, though. :)

The first is unequivocally Edmund Burke. My old man likes to say "The only thing that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing but quote Edmund Burke all the time."

Can't help...

It was definitely Twain. :)