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Pechorin

Lermontov M.Yu.

Phraseologism: Pechorin.

Meaning: A common noun for a Russian romantic hero of the Byronic type, which is characterized by dissatisfaction with life, skepticism, searching for oneself in this life, suffering from misunderstanding on the part of others and at the same time contempt for them (ironic).

Origin: The main character of the novel "A Hero of Our Time" (1840) by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814-1841), the embodiment of a social type, characteristic, according to the author, for his time, when deep, strong people could not find a worthy way of self-realization for themselves . Critic V. G. Belinsky wrote about this hero of the post-Decembrist stagnation that he was characterized by "a contradiction between the depth of nature and the pitifulness of actions." Hence the "pechorinism" - the desire to imitate Pechorin, "to be interesting", to play the role of a mysterious, fatal personality (iron.). The word "pechorinstvo" was put into circulation by the satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) in his "Provincial Essays" (1856-1857).

Random phraseology:

Of two evils, always choose the lesser.

Meaning:

Used in the literal sense.

Origin:

From Latin: De duobus malis minus est semper eligendum. From the work "Nicomachean Ethics" by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC): "The lesser of evils must be chosen." This expression was repeated by the Roman statesman, orator and writer Cicero (Mark Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC), who in his essay "On Duties" said: "One should not only choose the least of evils, but also extract from themselves, what can be good in them." Wed with the English proverb "You can't choose between two evils".

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