Still today, I cannot cross... by Jacques Derrida, a French Philosopher

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“Still today, I cannot cross the threshold of a teaching institution without physical symptoms, in my chest and my stomach, of discomfort or anxiety. And yet I have never left school.”

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Name: Jacques Derrida

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Jul 15, 1930

Date of Death: Oct 8, 2004

Profession: Philosopher

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