Igor Ivanovich Garin. Prophets and poets (№ 428028)

According to Thomas Mann, he demanded to abandon the fantastic belief in the revolutionary cleansing of the nation, from the belief in humanity, enlightened by the desire for freedom and justice - in short, from belief in the earthly kingdom of happiness and peace under the scepter of reason, and at the same time to be imbued with a cruel sobriety truth that the eternal onslaught of dark forces, blind and unjust, will never end.