“Daring begins an action, but luck controls its end.”
– Democritus, Fragments, B269
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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[Revised entry by Leonard Lawlor and Valentine Moulard-Leonard on October 22, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Henri Bergson (1859...
“Daring begins an action, but luck controls its end.” - Democritus, Fragments, B269
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“One remedy for vampirism … was to exhume the undead corpse and to drink what was left of its blood....
