This paper is designed to reveal some of the philosophical ideas of Algerian-born philosopher Jacques Derrida. Jacques Derrida, a leading figure of Post-structuralism and Postmodernism is best known as the founding father of ‘Deconstruction’ but many of his philosophical ideas such as, logocentrism, differance, phonocentrism, aporia, anti-representationalism, etc. still remain rarely focused. Therefore, in this paper the researcher has tried to explore various philosophical ideas of Derrida before the readers to get acquainted with Derrida’s contribution to the world of knowledge. This research work has done with the help of both primary sources i.e., original writings of Derrida and secondary sources including the texts written by others. Here, all of Derrida’s ideas are explicitly described and justified by an inductive method. Finally, a concluding remark on deconstruction has been made by comparing Derrida’s idea of “Differance” with Nagarjuna’s concept of “Emptiness” which left the Indian roots of deconstruction.

This paper highlights a brief overview on the genesis of philosophy begins with Ancient Greece and continues until the present-day world of Postmodernism. The overall aim of this paper is to briefly unfold some profound interpretation that may help the readers to understand the evolution of philosophy and its changing meaning from time to time. A method of induction and deduction has been used all-over the paper to implicitly reflect all the philosophical doctrines and tenets of various philosophical traditions. The primary and secondary sources in the form of books have been used to frame this paper in a logical manner. Broadly speaking, this paper has started with Heraclitus concept of 'Flux' and ended with Lyotard conception of 'Metanarratives'. This paper may help the readers, teachers, researchers in particular and people in general to understand the nature and evolutionary perspective of philosophy at a glance.

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