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« …a fierce absolutist,
a furious theocrat,
an intransigent legitimist,
apostle of a monstrous trinity
composed of pope, king, and hangman,
always and everywhere the champion
of the hardest, narrowest,
and most inflexible dogmatism,
a dark figure out of the Middle Ages,
part learned doctor,
part inquisitor,
part executioner… »
— Émile Faguet on Joseph de Maistre
Published at 12:20 pm on Monday 19 April 2021. Categories: Errant Thoughts History Quotations Tags: , .
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I think I like him already…

— Louis 19 Apr 2021 8:26 pm

What can possibly have provoked this uncalled for attack upon one of the great thinkers of the counter-revolution?

Perhaps no more than awed admiration for Faguet’s impassioned and inspired polemic?

— Hetterscheidt 19 Apr 2021 10:44 pm

Faguet’s rant is so beautiful — how could I resist?

Of course, Maistre’s rants were even better.

— Andrew Cusack 20 Apr 2021 1:04 pm
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