“Someone who thinks he can find enough in himself to do without everyone else is greatly deceived; but someone who thinks that other people cannot do without him is still more deceived.”
– François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections
Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
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“Someone who thinks he can find enough in himself to do without everyone else is greatly deceived; but someone who...
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In its 2022 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of...
