Choisir le dialogue, cela veut dire aussi éviter les deux extrêmes que sont le monologue et la guerre. - Tzvetan Todorov

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Choisir le dialogue, cela veut dire aussi éviter les deux extrêmes que sont le monologue et la guerre.

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About Tzvetan Todorov

Tzvetan Todorov (1 March 1939 - 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist, essayist and geologist.

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Native Name: Цветан Тодоров

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