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In this, his most sustained consideration of religion to date, Derrida continues to explore questions introduced in Given Time about the limits of rationality and responsibility that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide.... read more

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In one of his Heretical Essays on the Philosophy of History Jan Patocka relates secrecy, or more precisely the mystery of the sacred, to responsibility.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jacques Derrida (Author)
  2. David Wills

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  1. 20th century
  2. death
  3. derrida
  4. france
  5. philosophy 
 

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