We are all mediators, translators.

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Who ever said that one was born just once?

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As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scen.

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I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap.

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Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

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These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.

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Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution.

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The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound.

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Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?

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