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Amour, Poésie, Sagesse
Edgar Morin s’interroge sur ces trois évidences – l’amour, la poésie, la sagesse – qui illuminent nos vies tout en cachant leur énigme et leur complexité. L’amour ne vit, soutient-il, que dans l’état d’un « innamoramento » se régénérant de lui-même. La poésie, en deçà et au-delà de son mode d’expression littéraire, est cet « état second » qui nous envahit dans la ferveur, l’émerveillement, la communion, l’exaltation, et bien sûr l’amour ; elle nous fait habiter, non seulement prosaïquement, mais aussi poétiquement la terre. Quant à la sagesse, elle était dans le monde antique synonyme de philosophie. La question posée ici est : peut-il y avoir une sagesse moderne ? Et l’on verra de quelle façon amour, poésie et sagesse ont partie liée.
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First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Edgar Morin
433 books377 followersEdgar Morin (born Edgar Nahoum) is a French philosopher and sociologist who has been internationally recognized for his work on complexity and "complex thought," and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology. He holds degrees in history, economics, and law. Though less well known in the United States due to the limited availability of English translations of his over 60 books, Morin is renowned in the French-speaking world, Europe, and Latin America.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Morin's family migrated from the Greek town of Salonica to Marseille and later to Paris, where Edgar was born. He first became tied to socialism in connection with the Popular Front and the Spanish Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War.
When the Germans invaded France in 1940, Edgar fled to Toulouse, where he assisted refugees and committed himself to Marxist socialism. As a member of the French Resistance he adopted the pseudonym Morin, which he would use for the rest of his life. He joined the French Communist Party in 1941. In 1945, Morin married Violette Chapellaubeau and they lived in Landau, where he served as a Lieutenant in the French Occupation army in Germany.
In 1946, he returned to Paris and gave up his military career to pursue his activities with the Communist party. Due to his critical posture, his relationship with the party gradually deteriorated until he was expelled in 1951 after he published an article in Le Nouvel Observateur. In the same year, he was admitted to the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS).
Morin founded and directed the magazine Arguments (1954–1962). In 1959 his book Autocritique was published.
In 1960, Morin travelled extensively in Latin America, visiting Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico.He returned to France where he published L'Esprit du Temps.
That same year, French sociologist Georges Friedmann brought him and Roland Barthes together to create a Centre for the Study of Mass Communication that, after several name-changes, became the Edgar Morin Centre of the EHESS, Paris.
Beginning in 1965, Morin became involved in a large multidisciplinary project, financed by the Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique in Plozévet.
In 1968, Morin replaced Henri Lefebvre at the University of Nanterre. He became involved in the student revolts that began to emerge in France. In May 1968, he wrote a series of articles for Le Monde that tried to understand what he called "The Student Commune." He followed the student revolt closely and wrote a second series of articles in Le Monde called "The Revolution without a Face," as well as co-authoring Mai 68: La brèche with Cornelius Castoriadis and Claude Lefort.
In 1969, Morin spent a year at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
In 1983, he published De la nature de l’URSS, which deepened his analysis of Soviet communism and anticipated the Perestroika of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Morin was married to Johanne Harrelle, with whom he lived for 15 years.
In 2002, Morin participated in the creation of the International Ethical, Scientific and Political Collegium.
In addition to being the UNESCO Chair of Complex Thought, Morin is known as a founder of transdisciplinarity and holds honorary doctorates in a variety of social science fields from 21 universities (Messina, Geneva, Milan, Bergamo, Thessaloniki, La Paz, Odense, Perugia, Cosenza, Palermo, Nuevo León, Université de Laval à Québec, Brussels, Barcelona, Guadalajara, Valencia, Vera Cruz, Santiago, the Catholic University of Porto Alegre, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, and Candido Mendes University Rio de Janeiro.
The University of Messina in Sicily, Ricardo Palma University in Lima, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the French National Research Center in
At the beginning of the 20th century, Morin's family migrated from the Greek town of Salonica to Marseille and later to Paris, where Edgar was born. He first became tied to socialism in connection with the Popular Front and the Spanish Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War.
When the Germans invaded France in 1940, Edgar fled to Toulouse, where he assisted refugees and committed himself to Marxist socialism. As a member of the French Resistance he adopted the pseudonym Morin, which he would use for the rest of his life. He joined the French Communist Party in 1941. In 1945, Morin married Violette Chapellaubeau and they lived in Landau, where he served as a Lieutenant in the French Occupation army in Germany.
In 1946, he returned to Paris and gave up his military career to pursue his activities with the Communist party. Due to his critical posture, his relationship with the party gradually deteriorated until he was expelled in 1951 after he published an article in Le Nouvel Observateur. In the same year, he was admitted to the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS).
Morin founded and directed the magazine Arguments (1954–1962). In 1959 his book Autocritique was published.
In 1960, Morin travelled extensively in Latin America, visiting Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico.He returned to France where he published L'Esprit du Temps.
That same year, French sociologist Georges Friedmann brought him and Roland Barthes together to create a Centre for the Study of Mass Communication that, after several name-changes, became the Edgar Morin Centre of the EHESS, Paris.
Beginning in 1965, Morin became involved in a large multidisciplinary project, financed by the Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique in Plozévet.
In 1968, Morin replaced Henri Lefebvre at the University of Nanterre. He became involved in the student revolts that began to emerge in France. In May 1968, he wrote a series of articles for Le Monde that tried to understand what he called "The Student Commune." He followed the student revolt closely and wrote a second series of articles in Le Monde called "The Revolution without a Face," as well as co-authoring Mai 68: La brèche with Cornelius Castoriadis and Claude Lefort.
In 1969, Morin spent a year at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
In 1983, he published De la nature de l’URSS, which deepened his analysis of Soviet communism and anticipated the Perestroika of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Morin was married to Johanne Harrelle, with whom he lived for 15 years.
In 2002, Morin participated in the creation of the International Ethical, Scientific and Political Collegium.
In addition to being the UNESCO Chair of Complex Thought, Morin is known as a founder of transdisciplinarity and holds honorary doctorates in a variety of social science fields from 21 universities (Messina, Geneva, Milan, Bergamo, Thessaloniki, La Paz, Odense, Perugia, Cosenza, Palermo, Nuevo León, Université de Laval à Québec, Brussels, Barcelona, Guadalajara, Valencia, Vera Cruz, Santiago, the Catholic University of Porto Alegre, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, and Candido Mendes University Rio de Janeiro.
The University of Messina in Sicily, Ricardo Palma University in Lima, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the French National Research Center in
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April 21, 2016
This is the first book of Edgar Morin which I've read and I it was a delightful and thoughtful experience.
"Amour, poesie, sagesse" reunites "Le complexe d'amour" (1990), "La source de poésie" (1990) and also "Nécessaire et impossible sagesse" (1995) in one book. During the pages of this short book, Morin broach conceptions and considerations about Homo sapiens and Homo demens, always dissecting the tenuous line between these two faces of the same coin.
The second part (poesie/poetry) was the one which drew most of my attention. in this section, Morin tells us how much poetry is needed in our lives to escape the routine engendered by the prose of our days. I know this is kind of commonplace, but I can't deny how much I enjoyed this metaphor of prose and poetry.
A fair 4-stars, because of some thoughts I found in my mind which weren't there before the reading.
"Amour, poesie, sagesse" reunites "Le complexe d'amour" (1990), "La source de poésie" (1990) and also "Nécessaire et impossible sagesse" (1995) in one book. During the pages of this short book, Morin broach conceptions and considerations about Homo sapiens and Homo demens, always dissecting the tenuous line between these two faces of the same coin.
The second part (poesie/poetry) was the one which drew most of my attention. in this section, Morin tells us how much poetry is needed in our lives to escape the routine engendered by the prose of our days. I know this is kind of commonplace, but I can't deny how much I enjoyed this metaphor of prose and poetry.
A fair 4-stars, because of some thoughts I found in my mind which weren't there before the reading.
October 4, 2015
Edgar Morin reúne aquí tres conferencias tituladas, "Le complexe d'amour" (1990), "La source de poésie" (1990) y "Nécessaire et impossible sagesse" (1995), respectivamente. Se trata de tres incursiones que articulan un 'ensayo', un intento por entrelazar la historia de estas tres ideas evolucionando en relación de codependencia y retroalimentación.
August 1, 2025
Un libro complejo que expresa una interconexión entre los 3 aspectos que forman parte del nombre. Morin considera el amor una fuerza vital que nos transforma. La poesía no se limita a la literatura sino que se refiere a una forma de ver el mundo con sensibilidad y la sabiduría no es solo acumular conocimientos sino comprender la vida y a nosotros mismos.
September 11, 2021
Bir oturuşta bitirdim, çok güzel şeyler düşünmeye başladım kitap sayesinde. Arada bu kitabı tekrar okumak gerekir.
December 19, 2024
Una belleza de libro, en especial la parte dedicada a la poesía y al amor.
February 23, 2026
Edgar Morin nos lembra que viver não é apenas sobreviver. Em Amor, Poesia, Sabedoria, ele defende uma vida mais sensível, onde razão e emoção caminham juntas.
O amor aparece como força vital.
A poesia, como forma de resistência ao mundo automático.
E a sabedoria nasce quando aceitamos a incerteza, o erro e a complexidade de existir.
Morin critica uma sociedade obcecada por produtividade e nos convida a viver com mais presença, profundidade e humanidade. Não é um livro para respostas prontas, mas para quem aceita o mistério da vida.
O amor aparece como força vital.
A poesia, como forma de resistência ao mundo automático.
E a sabedoria nasce quando aceitamos a incerteza, o erro e a complexidade de existir.
Morin critica uma sociedade obcecada por produtividade e nos convida a viver com mais presença, profundidade e humanidade. Não é um livro para respostas prontas, mas para quem aceita o mistério da vida.
September 3, 2021
Amour, poésie, sagesse par Edgar Morin ; un sociologie français qui s'interrogeait sur la complexité de ces 3 éléments et ses double facettes
Quant à l'amour on le possède et il nous possède; on sait qu'on est tombé amoureux mais on ignore le comment (que ça soit devant une fleur, un coucher du soleil ou un visage)
Cette double possession montre qu'on ai des êtres rationnel vivant de l'irrationnel
c'est pour cette raison que Morin a insisté sur l'introspection et a également reproché le fait que nul ne l'enseigne .. Pour lui c'est vital de savoir se distancier de soi même et s'objectivier...
J'aimerai bien achever ce résumé avec un petit extrait de ce beau livre
'' La sagesse doit savoir qu’elle porte en elle une contradiction : il est fou de vivre trop sagement. Nous devons reconnaître que, dans la folie qu’est l’amour, il y a la sagesse de l’amour. L’amour de la sagesse – ou philosophie – manque d’amour. L’important, dans la vie, c’est l’amour. Avec tous les dangers qu’il comporte. Cela ne suffit pas. Si le mal dont nous souffrons et faisons souffrir est l’incompréhension d’autrui, l’autojustification, le mensonge à soi-même (self deception), alors la voie de l’éthique – et c’est là que j’introduirai la sagesse – est dans l’effort de compréhension et non dans la condamnation – dans l’auto-examen, qui comporte l’autocritique et qui s’efforce de reconnaître le mensonge à soi-même.''
Quant à l'amour on le possède et il nous possède; on sait qu'on est tombé amoureux mais on ignore le comment (que ça soit devant une fleur, un coucher du soleil ou un visage)
Cette double possession montre qu'on ai des êtres rationnel vivant de l'irrationnel
c'est pour cette raison que Morin a insisté sur l'introspection et a également reproché le fait que nul ne l'enseigne .. Pour lui c'est vital de savoir se distancier de soi même et s'objectivier...
J'aimerai bien achever ce résumé avec un petit extrait de ce beau livre
'' La sagesse doit savoir qu’elle porte en elle une contradiction : il est fou de vivre trop sagement. Nous devons reconnaître que, dans la folie qu’est l’amour, il y a la sagesse de l’amour. L’amour de la sagesse – ou philosophie – manque d’amour. L’important, dans la vie, c’est l’amour. Avec tous les dangers qu’il comporte. Cela ne suffit pas. Si le mal dont nous souffrons et faisons souffrir est l’incompréhension d’autrui, l’autojustification, le mensonge à soi-même (self deception), alors la voie de l’éthique – et c’est là que j’introduirai la sagesse – est dans l’effort de compréhension et non dans la condamnation – dans l’auto-examen, qui comporte l’autocritique et qui s’efforce de reconnaître le mensonge à soi-même.''
June 5, 2015
"Makul bir yaşam nedir? Düzyazı gibi bir yaşam sürmek mi? Çılgınlıktır bu! Ama kısmen buna mecburuz, zira sürekli şiirsel bir yaşamımız olsaydı, artık bunu öyle hissedemezdik. Şiiri hissetmek için düzyazı gerekmektedir."
Üzerinde düşünecek çok şey verdi bu kitap. En basitinden, doğası gereği kaotik olan yaşamı düzenlemeye çalışmanın ne çok kaosa neden olduğunu bir kez daha hatırladım. Ve tek yöne doğru gitmeye çalışmanın, bizi hakikatten nasıl uzaklaştırdığını... Ara ara dönmek lazım bu kitaba. Okunup biten kitaplardan değil çünkü.
Üzerinde düşünecek çok şey verdi bu kitap. En basitinden, doğası gereği kaotik olan yaşamı düzenlemeye çalışmanın ne çok kaosa neden olduğunu bir kez daha hatırladım. Ve tek yöne doğru gitmeye çalışmanın, bizi hakikatten nasıl uzaklaştırdığını... Ara ara dönmek lazım bu kitaba. Okunup biten kitaplardan değil çünkü.
August 28, 2021
"o ser humano é um animal insuficiente, não apenas na razão, mas é também dotado de desrazão"
"o importante na vida é o amor. com todos os perigos que ele contém"
"'O homem é este animal louco cuja loucura inventou a razão'"
"o importante na vida é o amor. com todos os perigos que ele contém"
"'O homem é este animal louco cuja loucura inventou a razão'"
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