Julien Benda Quotes

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Julien Benda

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

Julien Benda

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Julien Benda (French: [ʒyljɛ̃ bɛ̃da]; 26 December 1867 – 7 June 1956) was a French philosopher and novelist, known as an essayist and cultural critic. He is best known for his short book, La Trahison des Clercs from 1927 (The Treason of the Intellectuals or The Betrayal by the Intellectuals).

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Julien Benda

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Julien Benda

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