Did Jacques Derrida really say 'What is proper to language is to be improper.'?

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What is proper to language is to be improper.

— Jacques Derrida Contemporary · Deconstruction

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"The gift is impossible."

"The trace is the originary non-presence."

"A ghost is never dead."

"The subject is always already a trace."

"What is proper to man is not to be proper to himself."

Of Grammatology

Date: 1967

Wisdom

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