Both Uses of
insight
in
The Idiot
- He had sufficient insight to understand that she valued nothing in the world—herself least of all—and he made no attempt to conceal the fact that he was a coward in some respects.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- Clearly and reasonably, and with great psychological insight, he drew a picture of the prince's past relations with Nastasia Philipovna.†
Chpt 4.9
Definition:
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(insight) a clear understanding of some aspect of a complex situation; or a tendency to have such understandings
(often such an understanding is new and/or sudden)