What can look at itself is not one; and the law of the addition of the origin to its representation, or the thing to its image, is that one plus one makes at least three.
— Jacques Derrida Contemporary

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From 'Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs'

Date / Period

1967

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1000673-there-are-things-like-reflecting-pools-…

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