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irr the dress of a clerp,)'rtan. Bui tuiephisì;o is far rnore
tira.n ju-st hirilself ; he is si-n,o'¿otrtauic ojl e deeper
airerraiion anc a more Cesti"uctive sense oi' evit. VaLér¡'?5
ci.evil is che princi-ple of evil ir'iricir is pla.ced iu i:tan
hi¡lself a-nd r'¡iri-ch i-s therefore rataL and precl-u-cÌin3 any
nnçisi rrvÐif rv-r--Lr ôi-l i -ri¡ uJ ôll wr "-^r^,úâ+i 1 çLLEI:I.iJUJ(rll ^. o fhis rd_ea Oi eViI i S ¡to¡e
si-nisi;er bhan the olcl-er convention i¡ecause it is like a
r f errron|,i !,¿ ¡:rur¡ n; å.jerl u5vr¡ t hrr¡¡ki ns' rlOlvii ihe inci-iVicìual. -l_r 1S
'hhe nol¡-rer tha'.
L.*rì'ra'nroherJ rnritlr CeaSe'ì eSS
vrf ç uv ri vf u¡r4 U t \-/IIU U 11ú v Irr.'l UI U rJç U- vvl v1l
cu-riosirir into the meaning of Lnin¡s, furns in,.¡ard upon
itself' ano. is ca;oable of desiro¡ri-ng, everything" lrephisto? s
description oÍ rrau-s's is å, concise d-efinition of bhe nod"ern
íian a.nd. l'Ìi-s self-nad.e cj"iletnma:
il'l'a. côte coc¡e est si abstru.sc, si comnliqu-áe , si
-brouilláe de connaissances i:izai"res, si pónéurée
dTe.nalyses e:ltr6rnes, pétrie de ian.Û Ce contracl-ictioçs,
à ta fois si;.per-iélirante e-u extr¿-lu-cide (.... )tt )ó
The world of Spies, i¡iarloiver anci Cloe'ühe has und.eL:-
gone a drasi:Lc tiretaÐorphosis to become the d-issolute
r¡orlci depicted. b]' Va.léry. The irrench Ìrausi lives in a
bou-ndless ancj. bare realn of iniellecç l¡herein riothing
a,lric1es, ne j-'ü!re¡: ¡¡¡r-th nor" f ìcb:'-on , 59 and- i¡here everl
clie f a.'[e oi ijvj-I r- tself' hangs i n i;he balall.ce o 'i'hat all
i.s noi compleuely severed frorn i'nanls beginnin¡:;s is
exeinplified b)' bne singularly ornniscient position of
?le docteurr irai-r.st who can d-escribe his v'¡orld of 'bhe
va-cuous void r^'rhile living in 'the sirad.ow of f he very