Jacques Derrida
Developed deconstruction to challenge binary oppositions in texts and thought.
Quotes by Jacques Derrida
The decision is always made in the night, in the absence of full knowledge.
The spectral is that which returns, that which haunts, that which is neither present nor absent.
The messianic is not a future event, but a structure of expectation.
The 'I' is always already divided, always already plural.
The limit is not an external boundary, but an internal possibility.
The question of the animal is the question of the limit of humanity.
The university is a place where one should be able to say everything, even the unsayable.
The trace is the opening of the first relationship with the other.
The origin is always already deferred.
The center is not a fixed point, but a function.
The play of the world is the absence of a center.
The undecidable is not the undecided, but that which resists decision.
The secret is not a content, but a structure.
The future is not something that will happen, but something that is happening now.
The 'proper' is always already contaminated by the 'improper'.
The question of language is always already a question of the other.
The voice is always already a writing.
The subject is not a substance, but a function.
The event is always a surprise, always something that cannot be anticipated.
The 'I' is always already a 'we'.