Julien Benda
Julien Benda
Julien Bendawas a French philosopher and novelist. He remains famous for his short book, La Trahison des Clercs...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 December 1867
CountryFrance
Julien Benda quotes about
modern contempt romanticism
The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.
modern defiance cult
The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.