"It is the task of radical thought, since……" — Jean Baudrillard
"It is the task of radical thought, since the world is given to us unintelligibly, to make it more unintelligible, more enigmatic, more fabulous."
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137 Quotes by Jean Baudrillard
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves…
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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
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To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his…
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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to…
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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with…
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The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but…
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