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Jacques Derrida's "Of Grammatology" (Part 1/2)

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The Perverting of Language

The speaker is viewed as a kind of, kind of a godlike person in their giving life two words only through their own thoughts. And so there's then a stronger welding between the two that can give the meaning of their speech,. and that can open themselves up to newness and development. But if I write something to someone, I don't know if the writing will be interpreted in the way that I wanted it to be interpreted. There's always the possibility it will be misinterpreted. So this bad writing, which is often associated with the written word, says like me writing words on a page is dead writing," writes Derrida. "I worry that I might not be as

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