Giorgio Agamben Quotes

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

I stick my finger into existence.. it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? What is this thing called the world? What does this word mean?

To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Sartre Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra

It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.

I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.

We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get.

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being.

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

To think Being itself explicitly requires disregarding Being to the extent that it is only grounded and interpreted in terms of beings and for beings as their ground, as in all metaphysics.

The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.

The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.

To be or not to be. That's not really a question.

At times I think and at times I am.

To be is to do.

We do not say: Being is, time is, but rather: there is Being and there is time.

I think, therefore I am.

I am, therefore I'll think.

The two basic topics which fascinate me are 'What is reality?' and 'What constitutes the authentic human being?'

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

Being is the great explainer.

I think life doesn't necessarily have an endgame.

Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?