La voix et le phnomne by J.

Derrida
Review by: C. M. R.
The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Sep., 1968), pp. 142-143
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142

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AND COMMENTS
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C. J. Pythagoras
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on the Philosopher
The Nether
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Assen,
Neglected
Pythagoras.
1966.
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All in all, this volume
is an excellent
Magna
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to Pythagorean
contribution
J. J. R.
scholarship.
removes

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