“Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“Too much clarity darkens.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“There are times in
life when the question of knowing if one can think differently
than one thinks, and perceive differently than one sees, is
absolutely necessary if one is to go on looking and reflecting
at all.”
― The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure
life when the question of knowing if one can think differently
than one thinks, and perceive differently than one sees, is
absolutely necessary if one is to go on looking and reflecting
at all.”
― The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure
“How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around it can take. For truth is a matter that can withstand mockery, that is freshened by any ironic gesture directed at it. Whatever cannot withstand satire is false.”
― Critique of Cynical Reason
― Critique of Cynical Reason
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