The Man Without Qualities: interpretation of the line "but…
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The Man Without Qualities: interpretation of the line "but such wishes are Jesuits"
"The chances are that even then had anyone asked him why he chose this profession, he would no longer have replied "in order to become a tyrant," but *such wishes are Jesuits.* Napoleon's genius began to develop only after he became a general."
I just read this line in Chapter 9 of The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil and I'm quite stumped as to the meaning. Is this possibly a German phrase of speech? What's the connection between a distant fantasy and the Order of Jesuits?
#entertainment
"The chances are that even then had anyone asked him why he chose this profession, he would no longer have replied "in order to become a tyrant," but *such wishes are Jesuits.* Napoleon's genius began to develop only after he became a general."
I just read this line in Chapter 9 of The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil and I'm quite stumped as to the meaning. Is this possibly a German phrase of speech? What's the connection between a distant fantasy and the Order of Jesuits?
#entertainment
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