Now, whatever “deconstruction” means in Derrida’ philosophy, it is a translation of what is going on here in Heidegger, viz., a critical thinking of heritage. But it’s a history of writing, not being. Derrida’s idea is that, traditionally, “voice” is supposed to be the guarantor of meaning, because it is literally the presence, the authority of the speaker. In Heidegger’s version, the being of being, the meaning or intelligibility of the thing, is understood as permanent presence by traditional metaphysics.

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