Quote by Jean Baudrillard
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection o

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning. – Jean Baudrillard

Other quotes by Jean Baudrillard

The world is not dialectical — it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil. – Jean Baudrillard

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Duality
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Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldnt like jam if it didnt, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldnt like truth if it wasnt sticky, if, from time to time, it didnt ooze blood. – Jean Baudrillard

Category:
Fear
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Other Quotes from
Learning
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. – Flora Lewis

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Learning

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. – Washington Irving

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Learning

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. – John Morley

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Learning

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather. – John Hartford

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Learning

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Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones. – Natalie Clifford Barney

Category:
Purpose

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating. – Linda McCartney

Category:
Marriage

Runners just do it – they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first. – Anonymous

Category:
Running

You must learn to make the whole world your school. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Experience