In the movement of the proteron te phusei may be found the heart of thought, that which remains veiled in what thought says and which speaking obeys as some secret command. But already, when it speaks, thought no longer speaks what moves it. It no longer retains that emotion even as a fault of speech, as a dark night out of which it would expect to burst forth. Thought excludes the heart that moves it. That which makes thought live is spoiled, set outside of it. But it does not know this.


Sexes et Parentés (1987), as translated by G. Gill, Sexes and Genealogies (1993), p. 49

Luce Irigaray Quotes

In the movement of the proteron te phusei may be found the heart of thought, that which remains veiled in what thought says and which speaking obeys...

In the movement of the proteron te phusei may be found the heart of thought, that which remains veiled in what thought says and which speaking obeys...

In the movement of the proteron te phusei may be found the heart of thought, that which remains veiled in what thought says and which speaking obeys...

In the movement of the proteron te phusei may be found the heart of thought, that which remains veiled in what thought says and which speaking obeys...