"The obese is in a total delirium. For……" — Jean Baudrillard
"The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy."
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137 Quotes by Jean Baudrillard
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
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Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
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Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.
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Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood…
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There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of…
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A period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium.
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In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth…
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The bird's delirium does not interest the trees.
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