Quotes by Giorgio Agamben

About Giorgio Agamben:

Giorgio Agamben is an Italian philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception, form-of-life and homo sacer. The concept of biopolitics (borrowed from Michel Foucault) informs many of his writings.
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To believe that will has power over potentiality, that the passage to actuality is the result of a decision that puts an end to the ambiguity of potentiality (which is always potentiality to do and not to do) — this is the perpetual illusion of mor...

Giorgio Agamben

Remembrance restores possibility to the past, making what happened incomplete and completing what never was. Remembrance is neither what happened nor what did not happen but, rather, their potentialization, their becoming possible once again.

Giorgio Agamben

Comunicar los deseos imaginados y las imágenes deseadas es la tarea más ardua.

Giorgio Agamben

Author Bio

  • NameGiorgio Agamben
  • DescriptionItalian philosopher
  • BornApril 22, 1942
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Writer