Jacques Derrida Quotes

Biography: Jacques Derrida is known for founding the deconstruction theory in phi... more Biography: Jacques Derrida is known for founding the deconstruction theory in philosophy and literature. Born in 1930, this French philosopher reshaped critical thinking by emphasizing the fluidity of meaning in texts. His works challenge fixed interpretations and highlight the complexities of language. less

"In Algeria, I had begun to get used to the idea that death could strike without warning""The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long-lived""To philosophize is to learn to die""The circle of the return to the origin has never closed, and the possibility of parricide has always remained open""I have only one language, yet it is not mine""Writing is itself but the representation of speech""Economic conditions, cultural avarice, and the exploitation of memory colonized the text before it was even set down""Speech and phenomena""I always dream about a pen that would be a syringe""Spivak rightly argues that the absence of the West would make its retooling impossible""To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend""Every other is completely other""There is no outside-text""Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets""We inhabit a language rather than a country"

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