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“I speak only one language, and it is not my own.”
― Monolingualism of the Other: or, The Prosthesis of Origin
― Monolingualism of the Other: or, The Prosthesis of Origin
“Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.”
― The Politics of Friendship
― The Politics of Friendship
“It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.”
― Confessions of a Mask
― Confessions of a Mask
“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”
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“The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.”
― The Human Condition
― The Human Condition
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