Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du pretre, Au defaut d'un cordon pour etrangler les rois.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote expresses extreme hostility toward religious and royal authority using violent imagery.
- In plain terms
- Destroy priests and kings by any means necessary.
- What can you take from it?
- Violent opposition to established religious and political powers.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is violence justified against authority?
- How do we respond to oppression?
Another view
The language promotes extreme violence that is ethically indefensible.
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