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The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny thatthe effects of the past are still with us. But I refuse to strengthen themby repeating them, to confer upon them an irremovability the equivalentof destiny, to confuse the biological and the cultural. Anticipationis imperative.
The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny thatthe effects of the past are still with us. But I refuse to strengthen themby repeating them, to confer upon them an irremovability the equivalentof destiny, to confuse the biological and the cultural. Anticipationis imperative.
Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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- Hélène Cixous
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- Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Hélène Cixous: documented birth year 1937; activity date not established. Wikidata Q234964, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234964 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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