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Merleau-Ponty

American  
[mer-loh pawn-tee] / mɛrˈloʊ pɔ̃ˈti /

noun

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


Merleau-Ponty British  
/ mɛrlopɔ̃ti /

noun

  1. Maurice (mɔris). 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Of this lineup of serial offenders, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty had prior convictions, mostly for communism, and only Barthes had a sense of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 2025

Merleau-Ponty argued that we cannot separate perception or consciousness from the body, as we perceive the outside world through our bodies.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Bakewell points out that much of what Camus, Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir thought and did “only makes sense in context”.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2016

A tacked-up card that said, "The world is everything that is the case", a Black Panthers poster, something in German by Hegel, something in French by Merleau-Ponty.

From The Guardian Aug. 10, 2012

Its intellectual roots date back to early 20 century philosophers Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and John Dewey and it has only been studied empirically in the last few decades.

From Scientific American Nov. 4, 2011

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