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Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.

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Paul de Man
Age: 64 †
Born: 1919
Born: December 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 21
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
University Teacher
Antwerpen
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Wipe
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Whatever
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Modernism
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