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After Hegel, philosophy confronts the possibility of its own death, and in some sense has to do so if it is to remain the most fundamental kind of thinking.

— David Wood Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

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Dialogue never ends not for lack of time or opportunity but for essential reasons.

Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

To say that all philosophy is writing is, minimally, to say that it is never the transparent expression of thought.

Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

Language steps in where the angels of experience fear to tread.

Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

Nietzsche's problem is how to be a philosopher once he has grasped the finitude of philosophy.

Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

The point is that philosophy is seen to have come full circle, and to have exhausted itself.

Philosophy At The Limit (1990)

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