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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? 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
ister 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. 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? ARAGE 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 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
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