Mol, Annemarie

Philosopher-Sociologist Dutch Born 1958 (age 68)

Developed ontological politics and multiplicity theory.

380 quotes

"Beauty is everywhere; we must learn to see it."
Beauty
"Death teaches us how to live."
Death
"Perseverance is love in action."
Perseverance
"Gratitude transforms our relationship to the world."
Gratitude
"Creativity is the courage to be different."
Creativity
"Justice requires we hear the voices of the silenced."
Justice
"Patience is the virtue of those who truly understand complexity."
Patience
"Kindness is radical in its simplicity."
Kindness
"Strength lies in our capacity to love despite pain."
Strength
"The body is not a thing, but a doing. It is an achievement, an accomplishment, a performance."
Science
"What we call reality is actually a collection of practices that make things real."
Philosophy
"Medical facts are not simply given by nature; they are achieved through work."
Knowledge
"To know is not to possess truth, but to participate in its making."
Wisdom
"Objects exist in relations, not in isolation. Nothing is simply itself."
Philosophy
"Care is not about solving problems once and for all, but about tending to ongoing relations."
"The good is never finished; it is always being made and remade."
Wisdom
"We are not passive observers of reality, but active participants in its construction."
Philosophy
"Multiplicity is not a problem to be solved, but a condition to be lived with."
Truth
"The world is flat if you make it flat through your practices and measurements."
Science
"To normalize something is not to describe nature, but to enact a particular form of life."
Knowledge
"Facts are made, not found. The making is the interesting part."
Science
"We tend to the world through endless, patient work, not through grand gestures."
Perseverance
"The boundary between nature and culture is itself a cultural invention."
Philosophy
"Good care requires attention to the messy, material realities of bodies and things."
Kindness
"To speak of truth is to speak of coordination, not correspondence."
Truth
"The question is not whether something is real, but how it comes to be real."
Knowledge
"Differences are not obstacles to overcome, but textures of the world to navigate."
Wisdom
"Medicine is a moral undertaking embedded in the midst of uncertain practices."
"We live in a world of multiple realities, each achieved through careful work."
Philosophy
"The body that matters is the body that is cared for, attended to, made and remade."
Health