Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Edgar Morin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French philosopher Edgar Morin.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Edgar Morin

Edgar Morin is a French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been 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. As he explains: He holds two bachelors: one in history and geography and one in law. He never did a Ph.D. Though less well known in the anglophone world 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.

The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man's destiny, life, the world. — © Edgar Morin
The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man's destiny, life, the world.
Today, the fundamental global objective of all education aspiring not only to progress but to the survival of humanity is to Civilize and Unify the Earth and Transform the human species into genuine humanity The education of the future should teach an ethics of planetary understanding.
The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.
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