This is the second installment of the (probably) 3 papers on Plato’s Pharmacy. I did a pretty slow and careful reading of it, and found that there were some interesting gold nuggets hiding between Derrida’s words. If you’re interested in further reading on the topics raised here, I recommend Doug Hofstadter’s wonderful book Gödel Escher Bach.

I gave this paper to the Wednesday Group on 19th June, 2024. It appeared in Issue 192 of The Wednesday.