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Giorgio Agamben Quotes: Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision.
         

Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision.


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