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Slavoj Zizek:
This is an old conservative wisdom - asserted long ago by philosophers from Plato - especially, and then Immanuel Kant, Edmond Burke and so on and so on. This idea that the truth is too strong. That a politician should be a cynicist who, - although he knows what is true, tells to ordinary people what Plato called 'a noble fable' - a lie
This is an old conservative wisdom - asserted long ago by philosophers from Plato - especially, and then Immanuel Kant, Edmond Burke and so on and so on. This idea that the truth is too strong. That a politician should be a cynicist who, - although he knows what is true, tells to ordinary people what Plato called 'a noble fable' - a lie
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This is an old conservative wisdom
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asserted long ago by philosophers from Plato
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especially and then Immanuel Kant
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Edmond Burke and so on and so on
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This idea that the truth is too strong
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That a politician should be a cynicist who
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although he knows what is true
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tells to ordinary people what Plato called 'a noble fable'
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Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world renowned films.
