“Chaos et âge d'or sont les termes mythiques de la relation normative fondamentale, termes en relation telle qu'aucun des deux ne peut s'empêcher de virer à l'autre. Le chaos a pour rôle d'appeler, de provoquer son interruption et de devenir un ordre. Inversement, l'ordre de l'âge d'or ne peut durer, car la régularité sauvage est médiocrité ; les satisfactions y sont modestes – aurea mediocritas – parce qu'elles ne sont pas une victoire remportée sur l'obstacle de la mesure.” RelationChaosOrdreNormativitéâGe D Or Book:The Normal and the Pathological Source: The Normal and the Pathological
“Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to ends and that, in accepting certain means, they unconsciously accept the ends that make them so. In other words, they accept whatever philosophy happens to be embodied in the values and institutions of a particular civilation.” PeopleMeanEndsPhilosophyHappensCertainValuesInterestAcceptingParticularNormalRelationInstitutionsUsualNoticing Author:Georges Canguilhem
“In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced.” IfsMenLongMadeEndsSeemsFormPurposeCertainViewsEffectsPureModelsUnderstoodMachinesRelationGrantedConstructionMechanismCausalityAnthropomorphism Author:Georges Canguilhem
