Yes, that day, Marie-Jo showed me the crucial difference between a man aiming at surpassing himself and someone like Marc Diderot. To wallow in crime and vileness, we don't need any help from human intelligence. a small mind may do well under theses circumstances. i wondered if Marc Diderot carried the germ of evil in his genes and chromosomes or if, over the years, he had deliberately chosen the path of crime, hard-heatedness and deceit.

I caught myself blaming society for granting importance to a vermin like that man. As a matter of fact, he enjoyed more consideration than an honest but poor man. He had access to the higher echelons of government, while a good, educated and honest but penniless man is often hit by social ostracism. Should I repeat with Immanuel Kant, "There must be another world", a world harboring good manners, abnegation, charity, love; a world in which lovers of values are rewarded.