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ME: My dear fellow, listen to me. A society should never have bad laws. And if it had only good ones, it would never be in a position to persecute a man of genius. I didn't say that genius was inseparably attached to malice or malice to genius. ME MY DEAR FELLOW LISTEN TO ME A SOCIETY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BAD LAWS AND IF IT HAD ONLY GOOD ONES IT WOULD NEVER BE IN A POSITION TO PERSECUTE A MAN OF GENIUS I DIDN'T SAY THAT GENIUS WAS INSEPARABLY ATTACHED TO MALICE OR MALICE TO GENIUS
th is always a being worthy of our veneration. It could happen that such a being is the victim of prejudice and the law, but there are two kinds of laws, those which are based on equity, which are universally true, and others which are peculiar and derive their authority only from blindness or from the needs of certain circumstances. This second type confers upon the man who breaks them merely a passing ignominy, a shame which time turns back on the judges and countries who condemned him. The shame stays with them for ever. Think of Socrates and the magistrate who made him drink the hemlock--which of those two is the dishonourable man today? HIM: That's a great help to Socrates! Does that make him any less condemned, any less put to death? Was he any less a rebellious citizen? With his contempt for a bad law, didn't he encourage fools to disregard good laws? Was he any less an audacious and odd individual? Just now you were not so far from expressing how little you liked men of genius. ISHES A GREAT TRUTH IS ALWAYS A BEING WORTHY OF OUR VENERATION IT COULD HAPPEN THAT SUCH A BEING IS THE VICTIM OF PREJUDICE AND THE LAW BUT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF LAWS THOSE WHICH ARE BASED ON EQUITY WHICH ARE UNIVERSALLY TRUE AND OTHERS WHICH ARE PECULIAR AND DERIVE THEIR AUTHORITY ONLY FROM BLINDNESS OR FROM THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS SECOND TYPE CONFERS UPON THE MAN WHO BREAKS THEM MERELY A PASSING IGNOMINY A SHAME WHICH TIME TURNS BACK ON THE JUDGES AND COUNTRIES WHO CONDEMNED HIM THE SHAME STAYS WITH THEM FOREVER THINK OF SOCRATES AND THE MAGISTRATE WHO MADE HIM DRINK THE HEMLOCK WHICH OF THOSE TWO IS THE DISHONORABLE MAN TO DAY HIM THAT'S A GREAT HELP TO SOCRATES DOES THAT MAKE HIM ANY LESS CONDEMNED ANY LESS PUT TO DEATH WAS HE ANY LESS A REBELLIOUS CITIZEN WITH HIS CONTEMPT FOR A BAD LAW DIDN'T HE JUST ENCOURAGE FOOLS TO DISREGARD GOOD LAWS WAS HE ANY LESS AN AUDACIOUS AND ODD INDIVIDUAL JUST NOW YOU ARE NOT SO FAR FROM EXPRESSING HOW LITTLE YOU LIKED MEN OF GENIUS
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