'Kant ought to be arrested and given three years in Solovki asylum for that "proof" of his!' Ivan Nikolayich burst out completely unexpectedly. 'Ivan… - Mikhail Bulgakov

'Kant ought to be arrested and given three years in Solovki asylum for that "proof" of his!' Ivan Nikolayich burst out completely unexpectedly. 'Ivan!' whispered Berlioz, embarrassed. But the suggestion to pack Kant off to an asylum not only did not surprise the stranger but actually delighted him. 'Exactly, exactly!' he cried and his green left eye, turned on Berlioz glittered. 'That's exactly the place for him! I said to him myself that morning at breakfast: "If you'll forgive me, professor, your theory is no good. It may be clever but it's horribly incomprehensible. People will think you're mad."' Berlioz's eyes bulged. At breakfast...to Kant?

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Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian-language novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov Mikhail A. Bulgakov Michael Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
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