In his great novel, "The Brothers Karamazov," Dostoevsky gives these words to Ivan, addressed to his naive and devout younger brother, Alyosha: "If the sufferings of children go to make up the sum of sufferings which is necessary for the purchase of truth, then I say beforehand that the entire truth is not worth such a price.
在著名的小说《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》中，陀斯妥耶夫斯基以伊万之口， 对他天真虔诚的弟弟阿辽沙说： “如果需要用孩子们的痛苦来 凑足购买真理所需的代价的话， 我会事先说，整个真理不值这个价钱。