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Meaning of: “On est dédommagé de la perte de son innocence par celle de ses préjugés”

La perte des préjugés est une contrepartie intéressante à la perte de l’innocence.

(Je ne peux être d’accord, je vois bien trop souvent des gens ayant perdu leur innocence jusqu’à en être indécemment cynique mais qui ont l’air dans le processus de n’avoir perdu aucun de leurs préjugés, et même, d’en avoir acquis de nouveaux.)

Literally, I would translate it as: “The loss of one’s innocence is compensated by the loss of one’s prejudices”. My guess is that according to Diderot, once innocence is definitely lost, for some reason or another, one way to redeem ourselves is to move forward, and earn back pieces of innocence by losing our prejudices.

 

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