num_pages: 355
description: "Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole."Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior and existence much broader than language alone. He maintains that man is essentially expressive, even prior to in his silence, gestures, and lived behavior.
language: English
title: Signs
titlecomplete: Signs (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
genres: Philosophy, France, Politics, Language, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 96
publisher: Northwestern University Press