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From Dostoevsky.

25-Jun-10

The conclusions of one of the revolutionaries in Demons:

“I got entangled in my own data, and my conclusion directly contradicts the original idea I start out from.  Starting from unlimited freedom, I conclude with unlimited despotism.  I will add, however, that apart from my solution to the social problem, there is no other.”

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