Both Uses of
susceptible
in
The Idiot
- And recollect—it was a YOUTH, at the particular age which is most helplessly susceptible to the distortion of ideas!†
Chpt 3.1 *
- Perhaps the soil of his susceptible nature was really predisposed to receive a pleasant impression.†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
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(susceptible) easily influenced or harmed
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way