The professor was engaged in a fierce polemic against the materialists, and Sergius Koznyshev, who followed this polemic with interest, on reading the professor's last article had written to him reproaching him with having conceded too much to the materialists; and the professor had come at once to talk the matter over.
Il professore conduceva un’accesa polemica contro i materialisti e Sergej Koznyšev seguiva con interesse tale polemica e, dopo aver letto l’ultimo articolo del professore, gli aveva scritto in una lettera le proprie obiezioni, rimproverandogli le troppo larghe concessioni fatte ai materialisti. E il professore era venuto subito per discutere la cosa.