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A leading french philosopher who wrote a book on risk taking has died after attempting to rescue two children from drowning. Heres what she said in an article in liberation, about her book in praise of risk. French philosopher dufourmantelle drowns rescuing children. Jul 24, 2017 philosopher who advocated taking risks drowns trying to rescue children near st tropez. The children after whom she had gone were rescued, and are unharmed. Dufourmantelle penned a number of essays on the importance of risk taking, as well as a book in 2011, praise of risk. Meditations on the risk of living by anne dufourmantelle will be available to buy on all major online book stores around march 2018. Anne dufourmantelle 19642017 was a french philosopher and psychoanalyst. The writers tome on risk, eloge du risque in praise of risk was published in 2011, one of the nearly 30 books she wrote or coauthored in her career. Books by anne dufourmantelle author of eloge du risque. Anne dufourmantelles research works stanford medicine. Anne dufourmantelle 19642017, philosopher and psychoanalyst, taught at the european graduate school and wrote.
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