Gilles Deleuze

The Profile

Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) was a French philosopher associated with continental philosophy. He wrote influential works on metaphysics, literature, and cinema, and collaborated with Félix Guattari on Anti-Oedipus, A Thousand Plateaus, and What Is Philosophy?. He also authored the Cinema volumes and Difference and Repetition.

French philosopher (1925–1995); co-authored major works with Félix Guattari; known for Difference and Repetition and the Cinema books; central figure in continental philosophy.

A single, dense review approaches Deleuze & Guattari’s What Is Philosophy? indirectly via Hume’s empiricism, causality, and habit. It stages a long detour through Plato’s simulacra, Nietzsche’s reversal of Platonism, Lucretius’ naturalism, and Wittgenstein’s critique of language. The piece frames philosophy as a corrective practice focused on errors, impressions, and the limits of metaphysics.