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"I learned from Dr. Couchoud, his friend, that the great writer [Anatole France] was thinking of Christ".
Putois (by Anatole France) is a mythicist allegory
Putois (by Anatole France) is a mythicist allegory
the short story "Putois" is given in an English Translation here:
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Re: Putois (by Anatole France) is a mythicist allegory
in p. 55:
in p. 59:
"Is that all ?" asked Pauline.
"No, my child, it is not all. There was something odd about Putois; we knew him, he was familiar to us and yet ...."
...."He did not exist," said Zoe.
Monsieur Bergeret looked reproachfully at her.
"What a thing to say, Zoe ! Why thus break the charm ? Putois did not exist! Dare you say so, Zoe ? Can you maintain it? Before affirming that Putois did not exist, that Putois never was, you should consider the conditions of being and the modes of existence. Putois existed, sister. But it is true that his was a peculiar existence".
"No, my child, it is not all. There was something odd about Putois; we knew him, he was familiar to us and yet ...."
...."He did not exist," said Zoe.
Monsieur Bergeret looked reproachfully at her.
"What a thing to say, Zoe ! Why thus break the charm ? Putois did not exist! Dare you say so, Zoe ? Can you maintain it? Before affirming that Putois did not exist, that Putois never was, you should consider the conditions of being and the modes of existence. Putois existed, sister. But it is true that his was a peculiar existence".
in p. 59:
Monsieur told them the subject of conversation :
"We were talking of the man whom my mother one day caused to exist, and created gardener at Saint-Omer. She gave him a name. Henceforth he acted".
"We were talking of the man whom my mother one day caused to exist, and created gardener at Saint-Omer. She gave him a name. Henceforth he acted".