Thursday, December 20, 2007

Have Yourselves a Jacques Derrida Christmas

From Derrida's The Gift of Death:

“On what condition does goodness exist beyond all calculation? On the condition that goodness forget itself, that the movement be a movement of the gift that renounces itself, hence a movement of infinite love. Only infinite love can renounce itself and, in order to become finite, become incarnated in order to love the other, to love the other as a finite other. This gift of infinite love comes from someone and is addressed to someone; responsibility demands irreplacable singularity.”

Merry Christmas, and Peace on Earth!

Matt

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