Philosophy Quotes

"The philosophers would only interpret the world, in various ways; the point is to change it."

"The mode of production of material life determines the social, political and intellectual life processes in general."

"To be radical is to go to the root."

"The point is not just to interpret the world, but to change it."

"Every man is a philosopher, though not all men know they are."

"One can say that philosophy is the microscopic analysis of historical development."

"Every social formation has an autonomous character that cannot be reduced to economic factors alone."

"Consciousness is not something that exists in isolation but is always social."

"Cultural formations are not mere reflections of economic conditions but have relative autonomy."

"To understand culture one must understand the material conditions that produce it."

"Philosophy must engage with real social conditions, not abstract ideas alone."

"God and the State are the two poles of human slavery."

"In matters of philosophy, there are no shortcuts."

"The triumph of the individual is only possible when society has been perfected"

"Philosophy is not abstract; it is lived every day in every choice"

"Every person contains multitudes; we are never as simple as we seem"

"Good intentions pave the road to noble failures."

"Death is but a transition; ideas are immortal."

"The true revolution is fought in the mind before it is fought in the field."

"Man is neither the oldest nor the most constant problem that has been posed for human knowledge."

"The human subject is not a given thing. It is constituted, it is created through the systems of thought."

"Modernity is not a period in history, but a manner of relating to contemporary reality."

"What makes the human different is not reason alone, but the capacity to question reason itself."

"In truth, the fundamental principle of our civilization has been the subordination of the body to thought."

"We are not trying to find out the truth; we are trying to understand how truth effects are produced."

"The individual is not a pre-given entity; it is produced through systems of classification and observation."

"The modern subject is produced through discourses of sexuality, criminality, and medicine."

"To be human is to be caught in the machinery of representation."

"Reason is not universal; it is historically contingent and culturally specific."

"The body is not given to us; it is produced through discourse and practice."