The meeting - how it reveals us to ourselves and opens us to the world

I was afraid to start because I only saw myself in contrast to the world, only myself and my responsibilities, and myself and my worries... and I forgot that the essential can come from outside myself, and I forgot that relational nature is the true nature that distinguishes humans... and I forgot that I lack neither skill nor capable qualities, not even courage... what I simply lack is you. You are that being who is not me, but without whom I cannot realize myself. I wrote this book to show that it is possible to make chance our ally, and that it is possible to prepare to receive the unexpected. (Charles Péguy) Charles Péguy's book about the encounter, which is in our hands, is characterized by excitement, simplicity of presentation, and many illustrative examples of the topic discussed. This is because he is a professional philosophy teacher at the end of high school, bringing his research topics closer to his students' minds, far from the complexity of abstract philosophical presentations. What increases his ability to present in an engaging way is that he is a novelist, having written several widely circulated novels, which gave his text in this book a near-existential, narrative touch that is close to minds and far from theorizing. (Mustafa Hijazi) Author: Charles Péguy Translator: Mustafa Hijazi Number of pages: 237