He is a very great figure of French thought who has just passed away at the age of 91.
Recognized as a major philosopher worldwide, René Girard is the author of a work of considerable scope, which has influenced both the philosophy of science and the history of religions, without forgetting – and the humanities students of today and yesterday will have a thought for its inescapable Romantic lie and romantic truth, where he explained his theory of mimetic desire ” – his rereading of the great classics of literature.
On the fringes of the dominant currents of French thought, René Girard followed his own path against all odds in the United States, at Stanford University. There, the academician he had become continued to dig, deeply, a particular furrow, that of an original thought within the French Theory, sheltered from fashions, remarkably written, atypical and classic at the same time.
I extend my condolences to his family and loved ones.