[Charles] Nodier’s later view was that.... : Quote by Peter Partner

“ [Charles] Nodier’s later view was that fantasy reconciles men to their fate. Fantasy and the taste for chimeras, he wrote, are symptoms of a time of political decay and transition, when the unpleasant realities of political life are too hard to bear. They serve a useful purpose in that they give men hope when scepticism and disillusion would otherwise drive them to despair. ”

Peter Partner
  • From : The Murdered Magicians
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