Jaures no doubt believes that he is acting for the
good of Sociahsm, just as the more easy going
type of casuists believed themselves the best and most
useful defenders of the Church ; they did, as a matter of
fact, prevent weak Christians from falling into irreligion,
and led them to practise the sacraments — exactly as
Jaures prevents the rich intellectuals who have come to
Socialism by way of Dreyfusism from drawing back in
horror before the class war, and induces them to take up
the shares of the party journals.
type of casuists believed themselves the best and most
useful defenders of the Church ; they did, as a matter of
fact, prevent weak Christians from falling into irreligion,
and led them to practise the sacraments — exactly as
Jaures prevents the rich intellectuals who have come to
Socialism by way of Dreyfusism from drawing back in
horror before the class war, and induces them to take up
the shares of the party journals.
Sorel - Reflections on Violence
