To understand the present, we must understand the genealogy ... - Michel Foucault

"To understand the present, we must understand the genealogy of how we arrived here."

Michel Foucault History

Philosopher, Theorist French 1926–1984

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"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"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."