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Peter Sloterdijk on Easter

born 1947 Germany

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Psychologically speaking, enlightenment always meant an advance in the training of mistrust — in the construction of an ego concerned about self-assertion and control of reality.

Critique of Cynical Reason (1983)

Crosswise to all political fronts, it is the “ego” in society that offers the most resolute resistance against the decisive enlightenment. Scarcely anyone will put up with radical self-reflection on this point, not even many of those who regard themselves as enlighteners.

Critique of Cynical Reason (1983)

The subject of a radical ego enlightenment cannot be socially identified with certainty — even though the procedures of this enlightenment are anchored in reality.
In this point, the majority of societies seem to strive for a conscious nonenlightenment.

Critique of Cynical Reason (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Sloterdijk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.