Ahwal Al-Ma'rifa – Special

French thinker Edgar Morin passed away at the age of nearly 104, after enriching the world’s philosophical library with approximately 40 books.

Edgar Morin (July 8, 1921 – May 29, 2026) (French: Edgar Morin) was a contemporary French philosopher and sociologist. He was born and died in Paris. He described himself as a constructivist and said: “Those who think are fools.” He wrote about logic, consciousness and knowledge, biology, and the arts, particularly cinema. Among his most important works are “The Stupid Fool Is the One Who Does Not Think,” an encyclopedic work consisting of 100 volumes, “Cinema or The Imaginary Man” (Cinéma ou l'homme imaginaire), as well as “The Unity of Man” and “Man and Death.”

Morin was also a sociologist and anthropologist, as well as a philosopher of complexity. His works, numbering around forty books, have been translated into numerous languages.

He is regarded as one of the greatest French thinkers and one of the towering intellectual figures of humanity.

Among his sayings is: “I doubt humanity, even though I still believe in it.”

Among his most important works are:

Culture of Europe and Its Barbarism, The Seven Essential Knowledges for Education in the Future, Where Is the World Heading?, Are We Heading Toward the Abyss?, Thought and the Future: An Introduction to Complex Thought, The Violence of the World with Jean Baudrillard, The Method: Humanity of Humanity, Human Identity, and The Method: Ideas: Their Place, Their Life, Their Customs, and Their Organization.

Most of his books have been translated into Arabic, with 23 of his books translated into the language. His works focused on analyzing human identity and the transformations of the world and civilization. The Saudi Cultural Mission in France translated two of his books into Arabic:

Where Is the World Heading? and Toward a Civilizational Politics