Cult Quote 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…

— 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…

— Peter Sloterdijk

Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Peter Sloterdijk