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Definition of Autonomy

Autonomy The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. Related Definitions: According, And, As, City, Consist, Give, Himself, In, Independence, Law, Liberty, Man, Nature, Of, Only, Or, Political, Possessed, Possible, Power, Proof, Reason, Right, Self-Government, Sovereignty, Sphere, State, The, This, To, True

Autonomy Quotations It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures. Simone Weil Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is. Gloria Steinem Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. Denis Waitley The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. Georg Simmel Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art. Thom Mayne

Autonomy Translations autonomy in French is autonomie

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