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Single Idea 21894

[filed under theme 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 Ref

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