“Dissimulation, secretiveness, appear a necessity to the melancholic. He has complex, often veiled relations with others. These feelings of superiority, of inadequacy, of baffled feeling, of not being able to get what one wants, or even name it properly (or consistently) to oneself — these can be, it is felt they ought to be, masked by friendliness, or the most scrupulous manipulation.”

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About Susan Sontag

American intellectual and writer of the late 20th century, Susan Sontag was a philosopher and critic whose work explored the intersections of art, politics, and culture. She is best known for her essays on aesthetics, morality, and the role of the intellectual in society, as well as her influential novels and screenplays.

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