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On arriving in Moscow by a morning train, Levin had put up at the

house of his elder half-brother, Koznishev. After changing his

clothes he went down to his brother's study, intending to talk to

him at once about the object of his visit, and to ask his advice;

but his brother was not alone. With him there was a well-known

professor of philosophy, who had come from Harkov expressly to

clear up a difference that had arisen between them on a very

important philosophical question. The professor was carrying on a

hot crusade against materialists. Sergey Koznishev had been

following this crusade with interest, and after reading the

professor's last article, he had written him a letter stating his

objections. He accused the professor of making too great

concessions to the materialists. And the professor had promptly

appeared to argue the matter out. The point in discussion was the

question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn between

psychological and physiological phenomena in man?