The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt. (Julien Benda)

The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.

Julien Benda

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