Final WordsAuthor(s): JacquesDerridaReviewed work(s):Source: Critical Inquiry, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Winter 2007), p. 462Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/511502 .Accessed: 09/12/2012 05:57

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Critical Inquiry 33 (Winter 2007)

Jacques Derrida, Derniers mots, Rue Descartes 2005 by Presses Universitaires de France.

English translation 2007 by The University of Chicago. 0093-1896/07/3302-0014$10.00. All rights reserved.

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Final Words

Jacques Derrida

Translated by Gila Walker

Jacques wanted no rites and no orations. He knows from experiencewhat an ordeal it is for the friend who takes on this task. He asks me tothank you for coming and to bless you. He beseeches you not to be sad, tothink only of the many happy moments you gave him the chance to sharewith him.

Smile for me, he says, as I will have smiled for you until the end.Always prefer life and constantly arm survival . . .

I love you and am smiling at you from wherever I am.

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