Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores Of Marx: Journeys In A Vanishing World
"And secretly I fell prey to the one of the besetting sins of western intellectuals, which normally I abhor: I began to experience envy of suffering, that profoundly dishonest emotion which derives from the foolish notion that only the oppressed can achieve righteousness or - more importantly - write anything profound."
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"And secretly I fell prey to the one of the besetting sins of western intellectuals, which normally I abhor: I began to experience envy of suffering, that profoundly dishonest emotion which derives from the foolish notion that only the oppressed can achieve righteousness or - more importantly - write anything profound."
"ووقعتُ سرًا فريسةً لإحدى الخطايا الملازمة للمثقفين الغربيين، والتي أمقتها عادةً: بدأتُ أشعر بحسد المعاناة، ذلك الشعور الزائف بعمق الذي ينبع من الفكرة الحمقاء بأن المضطهدين وحدهم من يستطيعون بلوغ الصلاح أو – الأهم من ذلك – كتابة أي شيء عميق."
Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores Of Marx: Journeys In A Vanishing World
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