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Jean Baudrillard

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

Jean Baudrillard

Courage

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Baudrillard suggests that both bravery and fear often involve a degree of pretense or performance, as people may act in ways influenced by how they want to be seen rather than pure emotion. Similarly, love and other feelings are not completely genuine but are shaped by illusions or reflections of ourselves, making true emotions elusive.

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