People flock around the sorcerer, the priest, the scientist… - Stephen Vizinczey

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People flock around the sorcerer, the priest, the scientist, the commissar, the psychiatrist, the drug pusher, each generation of the faithful pitying the victims of past fallacies, and this repetitive vanity keeps us stupider than we need to be.

Stephen Vizinczey

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Stephen Vizinczey (born 12. May 1933 in Káloz – 18 August 2021) was a Hungarian essayist, novelist, and literary critic.

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