Teachers … preach “the superiority of the intelligence”; bu… - Julien Benda

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Teachers … preach “the superiority of the intelligence”; but they preach it because in their opinion it is the intelligence which shows us the actions required for our interests, i.e. from exactly the same passion for the practical.

Julien Benda

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Julien Benda (26 December 1867 – 7 June 1956) was a French philosopher and novelist.

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The modern moralists extol … the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

If shame is cried upon him, … he will point out … that today he has to earn his living, and that it is not his fault if he is eager to support the class which takes a pleasure in his productions.

That teaching according to which intellectual activity is worthy of esteem to the extent that it is practical and to that extent alone.

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