Apocalypse Quote by Jacques Derrida

“I am like a child ready for the apocalypse, I am the apocalypse itself, that is to say, the ultimate and first event of the end, the unveiling and the verdict.” quote by Jacques Derrida — Download Open image

“I am like a child ready for the apocalypse, I am the apocalypse itself, that is to say, the ultimate and first event of the end, the unveiling and the verdict.”

Jacques Derrida

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