Common Sense Dictionary
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Stupidity armed with knowledge, mediocrity adorned with respectability. The majority is always right and the minority is always wrong. Let's consult the Commonplace Dictionary to "find the words you must say to be a decent and approachable person in society." "Dictionary of Commonplaces" is a legendary short book by the great French writer Flaubert. It is derived from Flaubert's posthumous comic novel "Bovart and Pécuchet". It has a special form. It presents a dictionary compiled by two scribes after they abandoned their jobs to join the "scientific career". It is both a "work hidden in the novel" and a "work outside the novel". It was edited and published in France more than 30 years after the author's death. The Dictionary of Commonplaces ridicules various prejudices, prejudices, and conclusions of "bourgeois" in the form of entries. It can be called an encyclopedia of human stupidity and ignorance. Flaubert, an innovator ahead of his time, had long wanted to ridicule the world at that time. From today's perspective, it has a bitter irony on human nature. This legendary little book is unique among Flaubert's creations. Studies of Flaubert's works such as "Critical Biography of Flaubert" and "Flaubert's Parrot" have analyzed it. Many writers such as famous contemporary writers Milan Kundera and Alain de Botton have talked about the beauty of this book.
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