“The 'Enlightenment', which discovered the liberties, also invented the disciplines.”

— Michel Foucault, book Discipline and Punish

Discipline and Punish (1977)
Source: Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

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French philosopher 1926–1984

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