Cornelius Castoriadis Quotes on Freedom
Cornelius Castoriadis was a Greek-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and political theorist. This page collects quotes attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“Society is self-instituted; it is not given by nature, by God, or by history.”
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“Autonomy is the project of consciously giving ourselves our own laws.”
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“The radical imagination is the deepest source of human creativity.”
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Attributed to Cornelius Castoriadis:
“We are responsible for what we make of the world we share.”