Hélas! les vices de l’homme, si pleins d’horreur qu’on les suppose, contiennent la preuve (quand ce ne serait que leur infinie expansion!) de son goût de l’infini.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hélas! les vices de l’homme, si pleins d’horreur qu’on les suppose, contiennent la preuve (quand ce ne serait que leur infinie expansion!) de son goût de l’infini." in the context of "Alas, the vices of man, as horrifying as they are presumed to be, contain proof (if only in their infinite expansiveness!) of his bent for the infinite.
 • "Le poème du haschisch," I: Le goût de l'infini http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Paradis_artificiels_-_I" to mean that wisdom is timeless.