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> [“Let me repeat: the stakes are high. We must confront one of the most massive pseudo-evidences in recent intellectual history: the belief, rampant in Europe since only two or three centuries ago, in the existence of 'religions' - and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/let-me-repeat-the-stakes-are-high-we-must-confront-one-of-the-most/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

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## More by Peter Sloterdijk

> [“Cultural criticism always attacks the mass media. I don't think that makes sense. We should look more closely at the work of deformation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/cultural-criticism-always-attacks-the-mass-media-i-don-t-think-that/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“A completely different aspect, however, the thoroughly incommensurable one, lies in the imposition of accepting that the torso sees me while I observe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/a-completely-different-aspect-however-the-thoroughly-incommensurable/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/ventilation-is-the-profound-secret-of-existence/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“In this book, we will naturally be dealing primarily with the manifestations of the third level of immunity. I gather material on the biography…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-this-book-we-will-naturally-be-dealing-primarily-with-the/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“As in the days of the first Merovingian, who pledged allegiance to the cross because of a victorious battle, today's children of the banalized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/as-in-the-days-of-the-first-merovingian-who-pledged-allegiance-to-the/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“In his treatise on the battles between the gods underlying ancient Dionysian theatre, the young Nietzsche notes: 'Alas! The magic of these struggles is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-his-treatise-on-the-battles-between-the-gods-underlying-ancient/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“It is not sufficient, he emphasized, to colour (colorare) the mind with wisdom; it must be pickled (macerare) in it, as it were, soaked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/it-is-not-sufficient-he-emphasized-to-colour-colorare-the-mind-with/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“What appears in the former statue of Apollo, however, cannot simply be equated with the Olympian of the same name, who had to ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/what-appears-in-the-former-statue-of-apollo-however-cannot-simply-be/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“This much should be clear by now: the term 'renaissance' can only remain fruitful and demanding as long as it refers to a far-reaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/this-much-should-be-clear-by-now-the-term-renaissance-can-only-remain/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“As the following pages deal with the practising life, they lead - in accordance with their topic - to an expedition into the little-explored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/as-the-following-pages-deal-with-the-practising-life-they-lead-in/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“Something is indeed returning today - but the conventional wisdom that this is religion making its reappearance is insufficient to satisfy critical inquiries. Nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/something-is-indeed-returning-today-but-the-conventional-wisdom-that/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“Here we should quote especially those sections from Nietzsche's central morality-critical work The Genealogy of Morals that deal with their subject in a diction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/here-we-should-quote-especially-those-sections-from-nietzsche-s/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being into message'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-his-field-and-with-his-means-rilke-carries-out-an-operation-that/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [“This background enables us to understand a fact that is symptomatic of the current phase of saturation: there are countless people who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/this-background-enables-us-to-understand-a-fact-that-is-symptomatic/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

> [ “\[Nietzsche's\] questions - transcend, but where to; ascend, but to what height? - would have answered themselves if he had calmly kept both feet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/nietzsche-s-questions-transcend-but-where-to-ascend-but-to-what/)

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