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Wa mig e is imi? e oemaic f e gi suc as i a sigae ise o me o imose ise o me u o a oi eace ee ecisey a e imi o is omaia- 1 C weee i is a quesio o e proper (aoiaio eoiaio ea- oiaio ecoomy e ace e ame a eseciay e rest, o couse wic is o say moe o ess cosay u aso moe eessy a i e ocauay o e gi oay i Writing and Difference, 17 133 151 19 395 3 /5 9 1 1 9 ; Grammatology 157 /17 ; Dissemination, 151131-3; Margins 7 / ; Sus 9 /1 ; "Ecoomimesis" (i Mimesis: des articulations, eie y Syiae Agaciski e a [ais Auie-ammaio 1975]; as ica Kei Diacritics, vol. 11 o [1911 71/11 u i is eseciay i Gins, 9/ a assim a i Trial: in Painting, 3 57 313 3 333 3917 7 1 91-9 35-9 a is eme aye a moe ogaiig oe I oewo io a so o iemeiay sage a mome o assage e emises o is uuise semia emaie imie i oe way o a- oe i ae woks a wee a eoe i oe may u i a way o e quesio o e gi 2 wee i aeae i is ow ame as was oe e case o y meas o e iissociae mois o secu- aio esiaio o e omise o saciice e "yes" o oigiay aimaio o e ee ieio e comig o e "come" 1 As is oemaic e ecame iasie I wi o gie ay eemie ee- ece ee I e couse o e caes a oow I wi ake e iey o seciyig ceai o ese eeeces someimes i oe o sae myse a eeome aeay h f th Kn oose esewee Oiee o isoiee y e emes o secuaio esia- io o e omise The Past Card eee o e semia "Gie ime" a sigae is ocomig uicaio ( 3/3 See as we "Comme e as ae êe- gaios" i Psyche ("ow o Aoi Seakig eias" as Ke iee i Lan- Eiga guages of the Linsayable: The Play of Negativity in Literature and Literary Theory, e Sao uick a Wogag se [ew Yok Coumia Uiesiy ess 1991 57/9 7; a "a mai e eiegge (Geschlecht 11" aso i Psyche ("Geschlecht eieg- e Kig akes a my ime; I gie e es o Sai-Cy o wom I ges a" as o eaey i Deconstruction and Philosophy: The Texts of wou ike o gie a Jacques Derrida, e o SaIis [Cicago Uiesiy o Cicago ess 197] 57/ 175-7 I is a woma wo sigs o is is a ee a om a woma o a woma Maame e Maieo is wiig o Maame io is woma says i eec a o e Kig se gies a o i giig a oes ime oe gies a o e a i a oe gies is i ime a oe gies a oes ime I is ue a se wo is kow o ae ee e iueia misess a ee e mogaaic f o e Su Kig (e Su a e Kig e Su- 1 Maame e Maieos seece is emakae eoug o ae aace e aeio o e Littre. ee ae ose wo wi e suise eas o see me eoke the sece wie o a gea kig a e egiig o suc a ecue owee Maame e Maieo seems o me o e eemay o oy ecause om e osiio as woma a "gae ame" se oses e quesio o e gi ime—a e es Se wo aye e oe o ouis (Is "sua o cosciece" was a e same ime—a is coiguaio is aey ouious—a ouaw a e ey igue o e aw eoe se ecame uo e ea o e Quee e mogaaic wie o e Kig (a us ecue om a oe ies a igs; e wo mogaaic says someig o e gi a e gi o e oigi i is om ow ai rnorganegiba. gi o e moig se a e e Su Kig ack o is uies as usa (y esagig im om Maame e Moesa wose oegee se a ee a as Caoic kig (y esoig aus- eiy o e cou y ecouagig e esecuio o e oesas—ee oug 2 I Chptr On h f th Kn I Kig wi e e suecs o ese ecues Maame e Maieo e i ee Maame e Maieo is writing, a se says in writing a se o say i e ee ieay a se was giving a e ime u ae a gies e es Wa is e es? Is i e es? Se gies e es wic is e Kig was taking i om e ("e Kig akes a my ime" Ee i i e oig sice i is e es o a ime coceig wic se as us iome mi a meas e same ig oe wo oes o equa e oe Wa e coesoe se as oig o i e sice e Kig akes i a om se gives, o e a is o ime u e rest, e es o e ime "I gie e e A ye we mus uescoe is aao ee oug e Kig akes es o Sai-Cy o wom I wou ike o gie a" u as e Kig takes i a a her ime se seems o ae some e as i se cou eu e cage om e e e es y a goo ogic a goo ecoomics is oig "e Kig akes a my ime" se says a ime a eogs o e eeoe Se ca o oge take e ime Se as oe e a ye se gies i aca u ow ca a ime eog? Wa is i to have time? I a ime eogs i says o oe I gies wa i oes o ae a omua wose aiaios ae is ecause e wo lime esigaes meoymicay ess ime ise a e oee y e Ecrits accoig o e ia a asceea moaiy o igs wi wic oe is i wi wic oe is e om o ime ime as e woma iasmuc as se is suosey eie o e aus form.
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