We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, … - Tzvetan Todorov

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We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found.

Tzvetan Todorov

evil good good-and-evil

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Tzvetan Todorov (1 March 1939 - 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist, essayist and geologist.

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Native Name: Цветан Тодоров

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