This essay applies the concept of negative magnitude in Kant and Fichte to MerleauPonty's philosophy of language, reopening a dialogue with the work of Saussure based on the latter's Writings in General Linguistics, discovered in 1996 in an orangery in Geneva. Making use of the last course given by Merleau-Ponty during his lifetime, on Husserl's The Origin of Geometry, the work of the negative in language is examined in light of a refined reading of Merleau-Ponty (philosophy) and Saussure (linguistics).
Merleau-Ponty; Ontology; Saussure; Linguistics
