The classical writers produced original literature because they had a deep insight into human characters and could reveal the truth about them. The absence of this truth is irreplaceable. Fazil Iskander is confident that one cannot give up these eternal laws of life as obsolete. And since the humanitarian intelligensia are mostly linked with the idea of conscience, they need it today more than ever before. They are adamant when it comes to moral issues.
Individual conscience is the basis of any society.
Not the economy. And I believe, governments should be formed of high-class humanitarian intelligensia. Some may dismiss these words as naive dreams. But Fazil Iskander is no dreamer. He is a realist and a wise man, too.