Pascal Quignard is the author of more than sixty books and is widely regarded as one of the foremost literary French writers today. In 2002, he won France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, with The Roving Shadows, the first work of nonfiction to win the prize.

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• Chapter 1Chapter 2: One can die of thinking (1)Chapter 3: One can die of thinking (2)Chapter 4: Nagasena and King MenanderChapter 5: The path of thoughtChapter 6: On the train taking Poincaré to CoutancesChapter 7Chapter 8: Marcel Granet’s death during the month of November 1940Chapter 9: Thomas Aquinas’ nervous breakdown during the month of December 1273Chapter 10: Introversive TranceChapter 11: SunChapter 12: Ariadne’s threadChapter 13: Ariadne’s deathChapter 14: The boomerangChapter 15: Theoretic and cynegeticChapter 16: Fundamental NoeticsChapter 17: On the Greek crisisChapter 18: Apuleius on the road to AlexandriaChapter 19: Socrates’ death in AthensChapter 20: Biography and historyChapter 21Chapter 22: Pythagoras at MetapontumChapter 23: The imaginary companion of the maternal voiceChapter 24: The aphantos of the wordChapter 25: The sylphChapter 26Chapter 27: De deo ignotoChapter 28: The invention of conscienceChapter 29: The crossroadsChapter 30: About concepts of thingsChapter 31: The aesthetics of thoughtChapter 32: On the radiation of thoughtChapter 33: AseitasChapter 34: RefugiumChapter 35: The stoveChapter 36: Locronan

Pascal Quignard is the author of more than sixty books and is widely regarded as one of the foremost literary French writers today. In 2002, he won France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, with The Roving Shadows, the first work of nonfiction to win the prize.

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• Chapter 1Chapter 2: One can die of thinking (1)Chapter 3: One can die of thinking (2)Chapter 4: Nagasena and King MenanderChapter 5: The path of thoughtChapter 6: On the train taking Poincaré to CoutancesChapter 7Chapter 8: Marcel Granet’s death during the month of November 1940Chapter 9: Thomas Aquinas’ nervous breakdown during the month of December 1273Chapter 10: Introversive TranceChapter 11: SunChapter 12: Ariadne’s threadChapter 13: Ariadne’s deathChapter 14: The boomerangChapter 15: Theoretic and cynegeticChapter 16: Fundamental NoeticsChapter 17: On the Greek crisisChapter 18: Apuleius on the road to AlexandriaChapter 19: Socrates’ death in AthensChapter 20: Biography and historyChapter 21Chapter 22: Pythagoras at MetapontumChapter 23: The imaginary companion of the maternal voiceChapter 24: The aphantos of the wordChapter 25: The sylphChapter 26Chapter 27: De deo ignotoChapter 28: The invention of conscienceChapter 29: The crossroadsChapter 30: About concepts of thingsChapter 31: The aesthetics of thoughtChapter 32: On the radiation of thoughtChapter 33: AseitasChapter 34: RefugiumChapter 35: The stoveChapter 36: Locronan