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What about Voltaire? HIM: Don't press me on this question. I can give you an argument. WHAT ABOUT VOLTAIRE HIM DON'T PRESS ME ON THIS QUESTION I CAN GIVE YOU AN ARGUMENT
Just now you were not so far from expressing how little you liked men of 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. A fool is more often an evil person than a man of intelligence is. And if a man of genius were characteristically hard to get along with, difficult, prickly, and unbearable, even if he were bad, what would you conclude from that? HIM: He should be drowned. ME: Gently, my dear fellow. Now, tell me--I won't take your uncle as an example. He's a hard man, brutal, inhuman, and miserly. He's a bad father, a bad husband, a bad uncle. And it's by no means clear that he's a man of genius who has pushed his art a long way, so that in ten years we'll be discussing his works. But what about Racine? He certainly had genius, and he didn't have much of a reputation as a good man. ESS AN AUDACIOUS AND ODD INDIVIDUAL JUST NOW YOU ARE NOT SO FAR FROM EXPRESSING HOW LITTLE YOU LIKED MEN OF 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 A FOOL IS MORE OFTEN AN EVIL PERSON THAN A MAN OF INTELLIGENCES AND IF A MAN OF GENIUS WERE CHARACTERISTICALLY HARD TO GET ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PRICKLY AND UNBEARABLE EVEN IF HE WERE BAD WHAT WOULD YOU CONCLUDE FROM THAT HIM HE SHOULD BE DROWNED ME GENTLY MY DEAR FELLOW NOW TELL ME I WON'T TAKE YOUR UNCLE AS AN EXAMPLE HE'S A HARD MAN BRUTAL AND HUMAN AND MISERLY HE'S A BAD FATHER A BAD HUSBAND A BAD UNCLE AND IT'S BY NO MEANS CLEAR THAT HE'S A MAN OF GENIUS WHO HAS PUSHED HIS ART A LONG WAY SO THAT IN TEN YEARS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING HIS WORKS BUT WHAT ABOUT RACINE HE CERTAINLY HAD GENIUS AND HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A REPUTATION AS A GOOD MAN
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