Luce Irigaray Quote

Death is the real inspiring genius or Musagetes of philosophy, and for this reason Socrates defined philosophy as thanatou mélétè (preparation for death; Plato, Phaedo, 81a). Indeed, without death there would hardly have been any philosophizing.

Between East and West: From Singularity to Community (ed. Columbia University Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780231507929