Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to ends and that, in accepting certain means, they unconsciously accept the ends that make them so.… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
An anomaly is not an abnormality. Diversity does not signify sickness. — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
Science is a contemplative possession of reality through exclusion of all illusion, error and ignorance. — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which case it… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image