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In the eyes of authority - and maybe rightly so - nothing looks more like a terrorist than the ordinary man.

Giorgio Agamben

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Giorgio Agamben
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 22
Essayist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
University Teacher
Writer
The Eternal City
Eyes
Eye
Nothing
Looks
Rightly
Men
Terrorist
Like
Authority
Ordinary
Maybe

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