The Logos of the Sensible World

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<p></p><p>This volume of the collected writings of John Sallis presents a two-semester lecture course on Maurice Merleau-Ponty given at Duquesne University from 1970 to 1971. Devoted primarily to a close reading of the French philosopher's magnum opus,<i>Phenomenology of Perception</i>, the course begins with a detailed analysis of<i>The Structure of Behavior</i>. The central topics considered in the lectures include the functions of the phenomenological body; beyond realism and idealism; the structures of the lived world; spatiality, temporality, language, sexuality; and perception and knowledge. Sallis illuminates Merleau-Ponty's first two works and offers a thread to follow through developments in his later essays. Merleau-Ponty's notion of the primacy of perception and his claim that "the end of a philosophy is the account of its beginning" are woven throughout the lectures. For Sallis's part, these lectures are foundational for his extended engagement with Merleau-Ponty's<i>The Visible and the Invisible</i>, which was published in Sallis's<i>Phenomenology and the Return to Beginnings</i>.</p><p></p>

Autorenportrait

<p></p><p>John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of more than 20 books, including<i>Light Traces</i>,<i>The Return of Nature</i>, and<i>The Figure of Nature</i>.</p><p>Richard Rojcewicz is Scholar-in-Residence in the Philosophy Department at Duquesne University, the translator of several works by Martin Heidegger, and author of<i>The Gods and Technology: A Reading of Heidegger</i>.</p><p></p>

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