In Truth & Honour
In Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’, the protagonist, Raskolnikov, a 23 year old former student in St Petersburg commits the murder of an old woman (a pawnbroker) and her sister. This begins a downward spiral into his own conscience. The harm he has caused is partially resultant from a need to break out of a life... Continue Reading →
It is a maxim that remorse precedes forgiveness on the simple basis that a wrong-doer must first acknowledge his sin. After all, how can one forgive someone who has caused you harm when he or she does not admit it and experience genuine remorse? There can be no forgiveness without repentance: repent | rəˈpent |... Continue Reading →
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