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ME: There's no one who doesn't think just as you do and who doesn't put existing order on trial, without noticing he's renouncing his own existence. ME THERE'S NO ONE WHO DOESN'T THINK JUST AS YOU DO AND WHO DOESN'T PUT EXISTING ORDER ON TRIAL WITHOUT NOTICING HE'S RENOUNCING HIS OWN EXISTENCE
l being of our species. If we are not generous enough, let's at least forgive nature for having been wiser than we are. If you throw cold water on Greuze's head, perhaps you will extinguish his talent along with his vanity. If you make Voltaire less sensitive to criticism, he will not know how to descend into the soul of Merope. He will no longer move you. HIM: But if nature was as powerful as she was wise, why didn't she make those men good in the same way she made them great? ME: But don't you see that with that sort of reasoning you confound the general order. If everything here below were excellent, then nothing would be excellent. HIM: You're right. The important point is that you and I exist and that we exist as you and I. Let everything beyond that go ahead however it can. The best order of things, in my view, is one in which I had to exist. Who cares about the most perfect of worlds, if I'm not on it? I prefer to exist, even as an impertinent quibbler, than not to exist at all. RN LET'S THINK OF THE WELL BEING OF OUR SPECIES IF WE ARE NOT GENEROUS ENOUGH LET'S AT LEAST FORGIVE NATURE FOR HAVING BEEN WISER THAN WE ARE IF YOU THROW COLD WATER ON GROITZ'S HEAD PERHAPS YOU WILL EXTINGUISH HIS TALENT ALONG WITH HIS VANITY IF YOU MAKE VOLTAIRE LESS SENSITIVE TO CRITICISM HE WILL NOT KNOW HOW TO DESCEND INTO THE SOUL OF MARIPEE HE WILL NO LONGER MOVE YOU HIM BUT IF NATURE WAS AS POWERFUL AS SHE WAS WISE WHY DIDN'T SHE MAKE THOSE MEN GOOD IN THE SAME WAY SHE MADE THEM GREAT ME BUT YOU DON'T SEE THAT WITH THAT SORT OF REASONING YOU CONFOUND THE GENERAL ORDER IF EVERYTHING HERE BELOW WERE EXCELLENT THEN NOTHING WOULD BE EXCELLENT HIM YOU'RE RIGHT THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT YOU AND I EXIST AND THAT WE EXIST AS YOU AND I LETS EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT GO AHEAD HOWEVER IT CAN THE BEST ORDER OF THINGS IN MY VIEW IS ONE IN WHICH I HAD TO EXIST WHO CARES ABOUT THE MOST PERFECT OF WORLDS IF I'M NOT ON IT I PREFER TO EXIST EVEN AS AN IMPERTINENT QUIBBLER THAT NOT TO EXIST AT ALL
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