Anti Humanism Quotes

“It is no longer possible to think in our day other than in the void left by man's disappearance.”
― Michel Foucault, The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

“A crying baby is the purest expression of the inanity of being human.”
― Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation

“I love the great despisers. Man, however, is something that must be overcome.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“What is repulsive about children - all children - is not that they are not yet adults, but that they are already adults - whining, self-absorbed, demanding attention, unable to care for themselves, throwing tantrums when things don't go their way. Far from what we tell ourselves, children are the most concise expressions of humanity. At least children are unaware of this.”
― Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation

“There will always be someone who will see the futility of your actions. There will always be someone who is irritated by what you do, whatever you do. In this way we participate in a kind of shared, communal pessimism.”
― Eugene Thacker