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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? 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
nds without a grain of folly. One can't deny the fact. But we despise the ages which have not produced men of genius, and men will honour those nations among whom genius has lived. Sooner or later, we raise statutes to them and consider them benefactors of the human race. I don't mean to disparage the sublime minister you mentioned to me, but I think that if a lie can be useful momentarily, it is necessarily harmful in the long run, and by contrast, the truth is useful over time, even though it could be harmful at a particular moment. From that I'm temped to conclude that the man of genius who speaks out against a common error or who establishes 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.  THERE ARE NO GREAT MINDS WITHOUT A GRAIN OF FOLLY ONE CAN'T DENY THE FACT BUT WE DESPISE THE AGES WHICH HAVE NOT PRODUCED MEN OF GENIUS AND MEN WILL HONOUR THOSE NATIONS AMONG WHOM GENIUS HAS LIVED SOONER OR LATER WE RAISE STATUES TO THEM AND CONSIDER THEM BENEFACTORS OF THE HUMAN RACE I DON'T MEAN TO DISPARAGE THE SUBLIME MINISTER YOU MENTION TO ME BUT I THINK THAT IF A LIE CAN BE USEFUL MOMENTARILY IT'S NECESSARILY HARMFUL IN THE LONG RUN AND BY CONTRAST THE TRUTH IS USEFUL OVERTIME EVEN THOUGH IT COULD BE HARMFUL AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT FROM THAT I'M TEMPTED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE MAN OF GENIUS WHO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST A COMMON ERROR OR WHO ESTABLISHES 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
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