法国著名哲学家保尔·利科于2005年5月20日逝世,享年92岁。次日,法国总理拉法兰发表声明,“我们失去的不仅是一位哲学家,整个法国都在为失去这样一位人文传统的卓越阐释者而悲悼。”巴黎《费加罗报》,这家有世界性影响的大报,在5月23日用一个整版的篇幅介绍了利科的哲学,称利科是自第二次世界大战以后,法国在人文和社会科学领域最重要的思想家之一。利科是中国学界最为熟知 The famous French philosopher Paul Lico died on May 20, 2005, at the age of 92. The following day, French Prime Minister Raffarin issued a statement: “We have lost not just a philosopher, but all of France have mourned for the loss of such an eminent humanist tradition.” Le Figaro, Paris, The newspaper, whose home has worldwide influence, introduced Ricoeur’s philosophy in a full page on May 23 stating that Ricoeur was the most important French thinker in the humanities and social sciences since the Second World War one. Ricoeur is the most well-known Chinese academics