Full Idea
Someone said: everything is true, nothing is exact. I would say the opposite: nothing is true, everything is exact.
Gist of Idea
Nothing is true, but everything is exact
Source
Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.210)
Book Reference
Baudrillard,Jean: 'The Intelligence of Evil or The Lucidity Pact' [Berg 2005], p.210
A Reaction
In analytical terminology, this appears to say that vagueness is ontological, not epistemological, agreeing with Williamson and others. To say that 'nothing is true', though, just strikes me as silly. What does Baudrillard mean by 'true'?