‘Is it true that you stated you didn’t make a distinction between the beauty of any instance of bestial carnality and a heroic deed of any kind, even the sacrifice of one’s life for humanity?
This is true; Stavrogin finds equal pleasure in both extremes. This hedonistic nihilism is what Stavrogin came to after abandoning his old ideology (the man-godism Shatov talked about and Stavrogin admitted to have held two years ago.
