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Philosophize This!
The book's epigraph is a quote from the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach's book, The Essence of Christianity. He spoke about the Christians of his time and their relationship with the truth versus illusion. He said that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.
but certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence, illusion only is sacred, truth pro...
— Episode: Episode #171 ... Guy Debord - The Societ...
Episode: Episode #171 ... Guy Debord - The Society of the S...
The book's epigraph is a quote from the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach's book, The Essence of Christianity. He spoke about the Christians of his time and their relationship with the truth versus illusion. He said that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.
but certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence, illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness
the highest degree of sacredness is in the illusion and in that worldview the truth has to take a back seat