Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Contemporary France Phenomenology
Biography
French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger.
Life Dates
Born: March 14, 1908
Died: May 3, 1961
Notable Quotes
"The body is our general medium for having a world."
"We are condemned to meaning."
"Perception is not a science of the world, it is not even an act, a deliberate taking up of a position."
"The world is not what I think, but what I live through."
"I am my body."