He reacts in a purely emotional way.
In the excerpt from "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," Tolstoy makes reference to judge Peter Ivanovich's affecting bevahior at his Ivan Ilych's funeral. He has been a close friend to Ivan, and knew he was going to die. In the passage, he responds to Ivan's wife with a sigh and is unable to finish his phrase, making both deeply moved emotionally
That looks hard good luck!
I think the story is using the word in adjective form. correct me if i'm wrong :)
Although there are various options, here is what I would write if I were in your position:
Learning tends to have a positive effect on a person's life in that (1) by learning, one gains a sharper sense of what one does not know and is so able to ask more pertinent questions and (2) by learning one gains insight into diverse perspectives, and thus the ability to reframe problems and possibly gain fresh insight into these problems.
