18 ideas
7426 | Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault] |
7423 | Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault] |
7420 | When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
7424 | Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
15998 | Perfect love is not in spite of imperfections; the imperfections must be loved as well [Kierkegaard] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |