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Single Idea 7974
[filed under theme 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Full Idea
The eclipse of God left us up against reality. Where will the eclipse of reality leave us?
Gist of Idea
Without God we faced reality: what do we face without reality?
Source
Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004])
Book Ref
Baudrillard,Jean: 'The Intelligence of Evil or The Lucidity Pact' [Berg 2005], p.21
A Reaction
Baudrillard's distinctive view is that modern culture is thwarting all our attempts to grasp reality, which itself becomes a fiction. The answer is that you are left in the position of the ancient sceptics. Sextus Empiricus (see) is the saviour.
The
15 ideas
from 'The Intelligence of Evil'
7974
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Without God we faced reality: what do we face without reality?
[Baudrillard]
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7973
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There is no longer anything on which there is nothing to say
[Baudrillard]
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7975
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The task of philosophy is to unmask the illusion of objective reality
[Baudrillard]
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7976
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People like democracy because it means they can avoid power
[Baudrillard]
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7977
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Only in the last 200 years have people demanded the democratic privilege of being individuals
[Baudrillard]
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7978
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There is no need to involve the idea of free will to make choices about one's life
[Baudrillard]
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7979
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The arrival of the news media brought history to an end
[Baudrillard]
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7980
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In modern times, being useless is the essential aesthetic ingredient for an object
[Baudrillard]
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7981
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Whole populations are terrorist threats to authorities, who unite against them
[Baudrillard]
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7982
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Instead of thesis and antithesis leading to synthesis, they now cancel out, and the conflict is levelled
[Baudrillard]
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7983
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Good versus evil has been banefully reduced to happiness versus misfortune
[Baudrillard]
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7984
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Suicide is ascribed to depression, with the originality of the act of will ignored
[Baudrillard]
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7985
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Pascal says secular life is acceptable, but more fun with the hypothesis of God
[Baudrillard]
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7986
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Drunken boat pilots are less likely to collide than clearly focused ones
[Baudrillard]
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7987
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Nothing is true, but everything is exact
[Baudrillard]
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