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

— 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.

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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.

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To understand how indirect communication is possible we must grasp what it is about ordinary communication that is being changed.

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