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Mark Lilla

Mark Lilla is Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and author of The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics and The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction.

  • Julien Benda
    Julien Benda
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    Treason of the Intellectuals

    The French thinker Julien Benda made a high-minded case for the moral transcendence of the truth. The flaws in his argument show why speaking truth to power is a fraught endeavor.

    byMark Lilla
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