Personally, I find Saint-Just one of the hardest figues of the time to make sense of. Robespierre's motivations I can sort of understnad, but there is a distinct element of mystery to Saint-Just. In my experience trying to understand Saint-Just's mind and motivations is like looking into a dark room: you know there are things in there and can vaguely sense them, but you can't make sense of what they are. My first assessment of Saint-Just was that he was simply obsessed with power, but then I realized that is not the case, but I cannot figure out exactly what is. I think this unfathomability of his character and motivations are what lends him the "aura." It is thus rather appropriate that the pictures of him vary so much.
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Date: 2008-08-27 01:03 am (UTC)I think this unfathomability of his character and motivations are what lends him the "aura." It is thus rather appropriate that the pictures of him vary so much.