Victor Serge quiz
June 19, 2011 2:08 PM Subscribe
Who is Victor Serge quoting here? "A French essayist has said:'What is terrible when you seek the truth is that you find it.' You find it, and then you are no longer free to follow the biases of your personal circle, or to accept fashionable clichés."
This quote is from Serge's book 'Memoirs of a Revolutionary', p. 374. Does anyone who the French essayist is who he's referring to, and where the quote can be found? Serge died in 1947. His book was first published in French in 1951, and in English in 1963.
This quote is from Serge's book 'Memoirs of a Revolutionary', p. 374. Does anyone who the French essayist is who he's referring to, and where the quote can be found? Serge died in 1947. His book was first published in French in 1951, and in English in 1963.
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