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HIM: There you go, you others! If we say something good, it's as if we're mad or inspired  just a fluke. It's only you others who really understand what you're saying. Yes, Mister Philosopher, I understand what I'm saying, and I understand that just as much as you understand what you're saying. HIM THERE YOU GO YOU OTHERS IF WE SAY SOMETHING GOOD IT'S AS IF WE'RE MAD OR INSPIRED JUST A FLUKE IT'S ONLY YOU OTHERS WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YES MISTER PHILOSOPHER I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT JUST AS MUCH AS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
ather, 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. What about Voltaire? HIM: Don't press me on this question. I can give you an argument. ME: Which of these two options would you prefer--that Racine had been a good man, known for his business, like Briasson, or for his yardstick, like Barbier, getting his wife regularly pregnant every year with legitimate children, a good husband, a good father, a good uncle, a good neighbour, an honest merchant, but nothing more--or that he had been deceitful, treacherous, ambitious, envious, and nasty, but the author of Andromache, Britannicus, Iphigeneia, Phedre, and Athalie? HIM: For him I imagine it would perhaps have been better if he'd been the first of the two. ME: What you've just said is infinitely truer than you think. N 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 WHAT ABOUT VOLTAIRE HIM DON'T PRESS ME ON THIS QUESTION I CAN GIVE YOU AN ARGUMENT ME WHICH OF THESE TWO OPTIONS WOULD YOU PREFER THAT RACINE HAD BEEN A GOOD MAN KNOWN FOR HIS BUSINESS LIKE BRIONSIN OR FOR HIS YARD STICK LIKE BARBIER GETTING HIS WIFE REGULARLY PREGNANT EVERY YEAR WITH LEGITIMATE CHILDREN A GOOD HUSBAND A GOOD FATHER A GOOD UNCLE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AN HONEST MERCHANT BUT NOTHING MORE OR THAT HE HAD BEEN DECEITFUL TREACHEROUS AMBITIOUS ENVIOUS AND NASTY BUT THE AUTHOR OF ANDROMACHE BRITANNNIKIS IVIGENIA PHEDRA AND ITALY HIM FOR HIM I IMAGINE IT WOULD PERHAPS HAVE BEEN BETTER IF HE'D BEEN THE FIRST OF THE TWO ME WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID IS INFINITELY TRUER THAN YOU THINK
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