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Truth is a new word in Europe (and elsewhere).

— Alain Badiou

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From L'être et l'événement. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1988. ISBN 2020098628. | The quote is a variation on Louis de Saint-Just, "Happiness is a new idea in Europe".

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