Every discourse, even a poe... by Jacques Derrida, a French Philosopher

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“Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology.”

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Name: Jacques Derrida

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Jul 15, 1930

Date of Death: Oct 8, 2004

Profession: Philosopher

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