On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:06 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/17/2008 1:16:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, snowspinner@gmail.com writes:
Short of simply quoting Derrida verbatim, there is very little that can be gleaned from Derrida without any specialist knowledge.>>
Then why be short? Quote him. If you want the general reader to agree on your summary of Derida's belief on A, then quote Derida discussing A.
I do not think that the style of having our Derrida article consist primarily of lengthy quotes from Derrida would pass muster.
-Phil