Merleau-Ponty

American  

[mer-loh pawn-tee] / mɛrˈloʊ pɔ̃ˈti /

noun

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

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Merleau-Ponty British  

/ mɛrlopɔ̃ti /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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