Quote by Michel Foucault

"The great event of the nineteenth century was not the Industrial Revolution but the revolution in the production of knowledge."

Michel Foucault History
Philosopher, Theorist French 1926–1984

More from Michel Foucault

"Knowledge is power"
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will"
"Man is neither good nor evil, he is born neutral"
"Truth is a thing of this world"

All quotes by Michel Foucault

More History Quotes

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."
- Logan
"That's how we archaeologists tell time."
- Indy
"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."
- Indy
"Every artifact tells a story."
- Indy

All History quotes