“The body is our means of having a world.” said Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
What did he mean by this?
And why does it still matter today?
Let’s dive into the life, mind, and legacy of one of philosophy’s most subtle thinkers.
#MauriceMerleauPonty 🧵👇

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

14/20

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
#phenomenologyofperception
#mauricemerleauponty

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So next time you walk, dance, tremble, or simply breathe—
remember:
You are not a mind in a shell.
You are in the world—and the world is in you.
Thanks to the body.

#MauriceMerleauPonty #Philosophy #Embodiment

In memoriam Edgar #Morin, né Nahoum [°July 8, 1921 – May 29, 2026]🕯️🫡🌹

#centenarian #LaMéthode #AbdullahÖcalan #CorneliusCastoriadis #MauriceMerleauPonty #VladimirJankélévitch #CinémaVérité #JeanRouch #JacobBronowski #HenriCalef #MichelRocard #LounaBeressi #DavidSalomonNahoum #EdgarMorin

#MauriceMerleauPonty is not easy. Not because the writing is difficult. But because it makes you read it slowly. Very talented man. Died before his time from a stroke.

#geeked my favorite #prof in #college was an expert in #MauriceMerleauPonty, one of the most useful #philosophers of the 20th #century

The spoken word is a gesture, and its meaning, a world.”

– #MauriceMerleauPonty