Marcel Conche was born in Altillac, France. "Philosophizing ad infinitum" has been published by SUNY (
State University of New York) Press, June 2014. It is the translation of one of his major works: "Philosopher à
l'infini", published by PUF,
Presses Universitaires de France, in 2005. A recent publication (2003), the
Tao Te Ching translation and comments in French, follows the format of previous works, such as
Héraclite - Fragments (fragments of
Heraclitus): • French translation of the original text • Commentary in the immediately ensuing chapter In this book he draws an interesting parallel between the nearly contemporaries
Lao Zi (see
Tao Te Ching) and
Heraclitus: the river of the Greek is compared to the
Dao of the Chinese. In some cases (such as the
Heraclitus) the text (as handed down by tradition, copyists, historians or other authors quoting the now unavailable original text) is reordered to follow a more logical order, from the simplest of principles to the most advanced. He was created a Commander of the
Order of the Arts and the Letters and a Knight of the
National Order of the Legion of Honour. Conche died on 27 February 2022, at the age of 99, a month shy of turning 100. ==Bibliography==