Single Idea 21894

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning]

Full Idea

Madness and instability ('the demonic hyperbole') lurks behind all language.

Gist of Idea

Madness and instability ('the demonic hyperbole') lurks in all language

Source

Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

Book Reference

Stocker,Barry: 'Derrida on Deconstruction' [Routledge 2006], p.184