by Joel Aufrecht
10:37 AM, 15 Oct 2004
The core of Derrida's thinking is that every text contains multiple meanings. To read is neither to know nor to understand, but to begin a process of exploration that is essential to comprehend oneself and society. This is, however, the sort of pretentious bullshit language a minister for Europe can only use when speaking French. — Denis MacShane, minister for Europe
(I didn't read any Derrida; I waited for the movie.)