"We know that the war against intelligence is……" — Roland Barthes
"We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense."
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122 Quotes by Roland Barthes
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- There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
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- Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an…
- Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious…
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