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Re:Ask HN: How do you accept your place in the world? by emerged on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:53PM (#29608396)
That’s the one I have. I don’t usually have difficulties with reading comprehension, I’m a big fan of Dostoyevsky translations. But for some reason I can read some chapters in the Hays translation a dozen times without having any idea what he’s saying.

If that’s an issue unique to me, it probably means I need to push through and it’s an opportunity to improve. The reviews seem positive and I’ve heard it recommended many times.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you accept your place in the world? by ruforrel on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:28PM (#29615970)
Well, he wasn't writing to be understood by anyone. He was writing to himself. Some wont be easy to understand. Some requires history or philosophy background and some is impossible to grasp 100%
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