Merleau-Ponty

[ mer-loh pawn-tee ]

noun

1. Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.

Merleau-Ponty

/ mɛrlopɔ̃ti /

noun

1. Merleau-PontyMaurice19081961MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Maurice (mɔris). 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher

Example Sentences

Along the way she discovered Marxism and the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, both of which would greatly affect her work; that same year she married an American, William Smith, who was studying in London on the G.I.

From New York Times

In “Both-And,” an essay on Bourgeois, she offers the concept of intercorporeality from French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty: “that human relations take place between and among bodies, that we perceive and understand others in embodied ways that are not conscious.”

From Los Angeles Times

Zaza’s death followed her family’s fierce opposition to her relationship with Maurice Merleau-Ponty, whom she had met through Beauvoir.

From The Guardian

This extends to multiple levels of awareness, as philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty observes: "I look at him. He sees that I look at him. I see that he sees it. He sees that I see that he sees it."

From Salon

Merleau-Ponty adds that as a result, "there are no longer two consciousnesses" in a moment of locked eye contact, "but two mutually enfolding glances."

From Salon