"If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge]……" — Michel Foucault
"If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge] were to disappear as they appeared... then one can certainly wager that man would be erased, like a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea."
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109 Quotes by Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault has 109 quotes on this site.
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Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of…
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To seek in the great accumulation of the already-said the text that resembles "in advance" a later text, to ransack…
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Truth is not by nature free-nor error servile-its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.
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It might be said that all knowledge is linked to the essential forms of cruelty.
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The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on…
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In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
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People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one…
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Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in…
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I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who…
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I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of…
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What makes power hold good, what makes it accepted, is simply the fact that it doesn't only weigh on us…
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It's not a matter of emancipating truth from every system of power (which would be a chimera, for truth is…
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the…
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When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
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Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.
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I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for…
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My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my…
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At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all…
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Nothing is more clear than that Christ cannot be explained by any humanistic system. He does not fit into any…
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If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.
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I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of…
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When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon…
— John D. Rockefeller
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I headed for this white mountain, but was caught in the wind and the mist . . . I followed…
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