Consciousness Quotes by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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If you’re curious about how Merleau-Ponty thought about the mind‑body dance, this short set gets straight to the point. Eight of his most pointed observations on consciousness are gathered here, giving a quick yet thoughtful glimpse into his philosophical lens.
![“All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness [...] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections, we find [...] a being which immediately recognises itself, [...] and which knows its own existence, not by observation and as a given fact, nor by inference from any…” quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d3/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_action_all-thought-of-something-is-at-the-same_893047.jpg)
![“Montaigne [puts] not self-satisfied understanding but a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.” quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a3c/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_consciousness_montaigne-puts-not-self-satisfied-unders_1427199.jpg)
![“Our view of man will remain superficial so long as we fail to go back to that origin [of silence], so long as we fail to find, beneath the chatter of words, the primordial silence, and as long as we do not describe the action which breaks this silence. the spoken word is a gesture, and its…” quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/74b/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_action_our-view-of-man-will-remain-superficial_201592.jpg)
