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Au XXe siècle, la philosophie de Bergson et la phénoménologie de Husserl se présentent moins comme des systèmes que comme des méthodes pour transformer notre perception du monde. Et le mouvement de pensée inauguré par Heidegger et poursuivi par l’existentialisme veut, théoriquement, en principe, engager la liberté et l’action de l’homme dans le
... See morePierre Hadot • Exercices spirituels et philosophie antique (Bibliothèque de l'Evolution de l'Humanité) (French Edition)
Within the humanities, some of the key theorists drew inspiration from the writings published at midcentury by the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who had analyzed, with stunning lucidity, the body’s influence upon even our most rarefied cogitiations.
David Abram • Becoming Animal
walking in a garden with his daughter, one can see him bobbing his hand up and down as he talks. Husserl himself was aware of his tendency to repetitive compulsions: he used to tell people that, as a boy, he was given a pocketknife as a present and was delighted, but sharpened it so obsessively that he wore the blade away entirely and was left with
... See moreSarah Bakewell • At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
The Logos of the Sensible World: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenological Philosophy (The Collected Writings of John Sallis Book 3)
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Descartes’ cogito, as it has come to be called, made mind more certain for him than matter and led him to the conclusion that the two were separate and fundamentally different. The Cartesian division between mind and matter has had a profound effect on Western thought. It has taught us to be aware of ourselves as isolated egos existing “inside” our
... See moreFritjof Capra • The Systems View of Life
if a prereflective axiological self-understanding exists, we may assume that it is ultimately anchored in our biological heritage.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Thoreau qui fut disciple d’Emerson comme on est disciple quand on a compris son maître : en suivant son propre chemin. En nos temps démocratiques, le grand homme est celui qui mène seul son chemin. En lui parle l’âme du monde.
Michel Onfray • Vivre une vie philosophique (French Edition)
Même si Jean-Luc Godard peut avoir quelque chose d’un peintre, avec un film comme Passion, par exemple, que je trouve formidable par son sens du cadre, c’est davantage pour moi un professeur qui tente d’enseigner avec la philosophie des autres. Contrairement à Godard, les grands artistes n’éprouvent pas le besoin d’expliquer à tout prix les choses,
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