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Everything pales into insignificance compared to our passionate attachment. In this sense, falling in love is like the blinding light that hit Saul/P… - Slavoj Žižek
" "Everything pales into insignificance compared to our passionate attachment. In this sense, falling in love is like the blinding light that hit Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus: a kind of religious suspension of the Ethical, to use Kerkegaard's terms.
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About Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek (born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic. Zizek is a known for his controversial public personality, use of "dirty humor", and complex philosophy that synthesizes the philosophies of Karl Marx, Hegel, and Jacques Lacan.
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Slavoj Krečič Žižek
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