"I live in the facial expressions of the……" — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine."
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38 Quotes by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Maurice Merleau-Ponty has 38 quotes on this site.
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True reflection presents me to myself not as idle and inaccessible subjectivity, but as identical with my presence in the…
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The flesh is at the heart of the world.
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The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being.…
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The perceived world is the always-presupposed foundation of all rationality, all value, and all existence.
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I will never know how you see red and you will never know how I see it. But this separation…
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To ask for an explanation is to explain the obscure by the more obscure.
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Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics,…
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It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational.
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Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show…
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Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the…
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The number and richness of man's signifiers always surpasses the set of defined objects that could be termed signifieds. The…
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Our body is not in space like things; it inhabits or haunts space. It applies itself to space like a…
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More Empathy Quotes
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I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize…
— Andrea Arnold
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
— Diane Ackerman
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It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly…
— Christian Bale
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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We…
— Javier Bardem
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
— Gary Bauer
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
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The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
— Theodor Adorno
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
— Joyce Brothers
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
— Jimmy Buffett
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
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I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving…
— Leo Buscaglia
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