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Je parle de ces savants qui, loin de la poussière et des cris de l'école, cherchaient de bonne foi la vérité que l'école ne possédait plus.
I speak of those scholars who, far from the dust and cries of the school, sought in good faith the truth that the school no longer possessed.
Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, 'La Langue Hébraïque Restituée' (1815)
Interpretations
Institutions eventually ossify and become guardians of their own power rather than truth. Social progress often comes from outsiders who maintain intellectual honesty while institutions protect reputations. The 'dust and cries' represent the petty politics that corrupt genuine learning and replace inquiry with performance.
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