Open Letters, Jean Guitton

In the most confidential of ways - the letter - Jean Guitton, at 92, shares his intimate thoughts, his questions, his worries and his regrets. Men and women, from yesterday or today, famous or anonymous, a child, a little dog: the diversity of recipients, among whom Marthe Robin and Marcel Proust rub shoulders with the courtesan and the desperate, makes these Letters, which summarize a prolific body of work, so rich. The academician mischievously addresses "the old lady of Quai Conti", makes a plea to John Paul II, declares his love for a garden, and says a final farewell to his brother. Through the philosopher's cherished themes - God, time, family, death - sometimes mystical, sometimes playful, with modesty and tenderness, Jean Guitton reflects on his