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The art of philosophizing comes to light thanks to the mimetic behavior of those who practice it.

— Manlio Sgalambro La conoscenza del peggio (1982)

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A righteous man is one who knows this: that he must annul God daily so that the measure of eternal justice may be fulfilled daily.

Dialogo teologico (1993)

The species is nothing; some men are everything.

Trattato dell'età (1999)

If we were to ask ourselves about the usefulness and harm of pessimism in life, there would be only one answer: truth or life.

De mundo pessimo (2004)

That there is nothing worse than the world does not need to be proven.

La conoscenza del peggio (1982)

Theology is not the science of salvation, but of perdition.

Trattato dell'empietà (1987)

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