It is a translation of three courses given by merleau ponty at the college de france the first course given in 1956 57 is entitled the concept of nature a survey of the historical elements that constitute the present concept of nature from aristotle and the stoics through a new reading of descartes kant and a novel look at schelling. La nature is a volume that should be most welcome by students of merleau ponty it is a translation of three courses given by merleau ponty at the college de france. Notre dame philosophical reviews is an electronic nature course notes from the college de france published june 02 2004 merleau ponty maurice a question which is at the center of this course on the idea of nature and maybe the whole of philosophy 145. Collected here are the written traces of courses on the concept of nature given by maurice merleau ponty at the coll ge de france in the 1950s notes that provide a window on the thinking of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Nature course notes from the college de france by merleau ponty la nature notes cours du college de france hardback body merleau ponty assesses his previous findings and examines the emergence of the human body at the intersection of nature and logos this course contemporaneous with the working notes for the visible and the