Animal Quote by Michel Foucault

“The most defenseless tenderness and the bloodiest of powers have a similar need of confession. Western man has become a confessing animal.” quote by Michel Foucault — Download Open image

“The most defenseless tenderness and the bloodiest of powers have a similar need of confession. Western man has become a confessing animal.”

Michel Foucault

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