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"God is dead,"
declared Nietzsche. In his place
the amoral superman, his actions limited
only by the strength… or weakness of
his own character. So, when we consider
Raskolnikov's actions in… "Crime and Punishment,"
we have to ask ourselves, "does he fail
because he is weak? "Or because there are, in fact, "inherent limitations
on human behavior… built into man's
spiritual programming?"
declared Nietzsche. In his place
the amoral superman, his actions limited
only by the strength… or weakness of
his own character. So, when we consider
Raskolnikov's actions in… "Crime and Punishment,"
we have to ask ourselves, "does he fail
because he is weak? "Or because there are, in fact, "inherent limitations
on human behavior… built into man's
spiritual programming?"
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"God is dead,"
declared Nietzsche.
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In his place
the amoral superman,
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his actions limited
only by the strength…
00:00:09.643 --> 00:00:12.045
or weakness of
his own character.
00:00:12.145 --> 00:00:15.882
So, when we consider
Raskolnikov's actions in…
00:00:15.982 --> 00:00:18.852
"Crime and Punishment,"
we have to ask ourselves,
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"does he fail
because he is weak?
00:00:21.988 --> 00:00:24.457
"Or because there are, in fact,
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"inherent limitations
on human behavior…
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built into man's
spiritual programming?"
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Movie Summary
A determined student murders his pregnant secret girlfriend and moves onto her twin sister who gradually becomes suspicious of her new lover.
