Morin was the author of more than 30 books. Among the works, The seven knowledge necessary for the education of the future, The well-made head and The method.
One of the main contemporary intellectuals, the French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin, died on Friday (May 29, 2026) at the age of 104.
The death was confirmed, in a note, by , an international institution based in Mexico that disseminates the researcher’s knowledge. , in São Paulo, also mourned the death of the thinker.
According to the entity, the social scientist, considered a humanist icon, was responsible for work that transformed the understanding of knowledge, education and the human condition.
According to Multiversidad Mundo Real’s Edgar Morin, his thinking sought “understand uncertainty, reconnect knowledge and embrace the complexity of the human condition”.
Broad understanding
Morin argued that the world’s greatest challenges could not be addressed by a single area of knowledge, but by dialogue between contexts, experiences and ways of understanding reality.
“His concept of complex thinking allowed the recognition of the inseparable relationship between the individual, society, species, nature, history and culture”, stated the note.
Still according to the entity, Morin taught that living involves learning to deal with uncertainty, understanding contradictions and recognizing that reality is woven from multiple dimensions.
On the institution’s page, a phrase from the thinker is highlighted: “As long as I am possessed by the forces of life, the specter of death recedes.”
This text was originally by Agência Brasil on May 29, 2026. The content is free for republication, citing the source, and was adapted to the standard of Poder360.
