a story or a coinsidence

[avrelia]

I was reading the works of the famous Russian lawyer of the XIX century A.F. Koni, and, in the article on suicides, I came across the following two cases – one is of a 82 years old Russian priest, found dead with the Gospel of John open near the body and no explanations; another one is of a 82 years old Jewish man, found dead with Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason open, also no note or anything. Both cases seemed to be suicides connected only by similar circumstances, but I imagine the story hiding behind…

also: he (Koni) keeps inserting quotes in Latin, German, French, English, Sanskrit... without translation. I feel very illiterate and uncouth.