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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
A die used in a throw of chance. Brotteaux invokes Rabelais’ judge Bridoie and says he would trust the dice if he were president. The suggestion is a satirical comparison with a court whose verdict is guaranteed correct merely by satisfying its own passions, not an administrative description of how the Tribunal actually reaches verdicts.
Places to read
- Chapter VIII, paragraph 39Frenchau sort des dés: To a throw of the dice. Brotteaux’s counterproposal follows his mock praise of judicial infallibility.