Theory of the true civilization. It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning… — Charles Baudelaire
Theory of the true civilization. It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning, It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.
In the original French
Theorie de la vraie civilisation. Elle n'est pas dans le gaz, ni dans la vapeur, ni dans les tables tournantes, elle est dans la diminution des traces du peche originel.
1867
★ 5.2Provenance
Current citation
Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 58.
Original citation
Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.
