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Poetry has no purpose outside Itself... I do not mean to say that poetry does not ennoble morals - let me be clear -, that its final result is not the elevation of man above vulgar interests, that would be absurd... I say that if the poet pursued a moral purpose, he diminished his poetic force...

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Poetry has no purpose outside Itself... I do not mean to say that poetry does not ennoble morals - let me be clear -, that its final result is not the elevation of man above vulgar interests, that would be absurd... I say that if the poet pursued a moral purpose, he diminished his poetic force...

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"Poezia nu are un scop în afara Ei înseși... Nu vreau să spun că poezia nu înnobilează moravurile - să fiu bine înțeles -, că rezultatul ei final nu e înălțarea omului deasupra intereselor vulgare, ar fi absurd... spun că dacă poetul a urmărit un scop moral, el și-a diminuat forța poetică..."

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