“To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.”
― The Possibility of an Island
― The Possibility of an Island
“That comes to about one hundred million people in India alone from 1947 to 1980. But we don’t call that a crime of democratic capitalism. If we were to carry out that calculation throughout the world… I wont even talk about it. But Sen is correct; they’re not intended, just like the Chinese famine wasn’t intended. But they are ideological and institutional crimes, and capitalist democracy and its advocates are responsible for them, in whatever sense supporters of so-called Communism are responsible for the Chinese famine. We don’t have the entire responsibility, but certainly a large part of it”
― Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews
― Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews
“The joy of life is not a profane type of enjoyment: it reveals the bliss of existing, of sharing in the spontaneity of life and the majesty of the world.”
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“Emoţiile mortale sunt intense, palide şi egale. Cei cu adevărat în stare să sufere sufleteşte au şi orgoliul de a refula totul, au şi durerea inferiorităţii lor de o clipă - şi poate că tocmai această comprimare mistuie şi doare mai mult, deci e de presupus că tocmai cei mândri, care îşi ascund simţirea, sunt cei care, şi mai ales prin asta, suferă cu adevărat.”
― Patul lui Procust
― Patul lui Procust
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