Life still shines
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Book Introduction
- A word from MD
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Beauty overflowing in the worldA must-read for anyone who feels that life is filled with nothing but pain and boredom.
In "All Life Flows," Laurence Devillers teaches us how to live fully.
The world is full of sacredness: humans and nature, mountains and cities, travel and daily life, even the birds chirping around us.
The human mission is to properly recognize beauty.
August 5, 2025. Humanities PD Son Min-gyu
“To experience the beauty of life
“It is salvation and healing available to everyone.”
Author of the 200,000-copy bestseller "All Life Flows"
A new work by France's leading philosopher Laurence Devillers
★ Highly recommended by Ha Ji-hyun, Oh Eun, and Jeong Mel-mel ★
People often refer to the present era as the 'age of apathy'.
Many people suffer from depression, and it is not difficult to find people suffering from burnout.
Many people lose motivation due to lethargy or are unable to move forward due to anxiety.
What do we need, as we are constantly exposed to these various negative emotions? Philosopher Laurence Devillers asserts that it is to discover "the beauty of the world."
In Life Still Shines, Devillers says that the beauty of the world is not something grand, nor is it something that only special people can find.
It can be found in the wonderful scenery of Venice as well as in a ruined trip, in Van Gogh's masterpieces as well as on the grass in the street.
The beauty emphasized in this book is not a simple aesthetic experience.
It refers to anything that makes you feel your own existence again, and thus ultimately brings vitality and happiness to life.
The philosopher, who learned about life from the sea, now tells of the discovery of happiness, which has always been with us but has passed us by because it is not noisy, based on the various landscapes, objects, people, and stories he has experienced throughout his life.
As the author says, our happiness is fully possible starting today.
“It is salvation and healing available to everyone.”
Author of the 200,000-copy bestseller "All Life Flows"
A new work by France's leading philosopher Laurence Devillers
★ Highly recommended by Ha Ji-hyun, Oh Eun, and Jeong Mel-mel ★
People often refer to the present era as the 'age of apathy'.
Many people suffer from depression, and it is not difficult to find people suffering from burnout.
Many people lose motivation due to lethargy or are unable to move forward due to anxiety.
What do we need, as we are constantly exposed to these various negative emotions? Philosopher Laurence Devillers asserts that it is to discover "the beauty of the world."
In Life Still Shines, Devillers says that the beauty of the world is not something grand, nor is it something that only special people can find.
It can be found in the wonderful scenery of Venice as well as in a ruined trip, in Van Gogh's masterpieces as well as on the grass in the street.
The beauty emphasized in this book is not a simple aesthetic experience.
It refers to anything that makes you feel your own existence again, and thus ultimately brings vitality and happiness to life.
The philosopher, who learned about life from the sea, now tells of the discovery of happiness, which has always been with us but has passed us by because it is not noisy, based on the various landscapes, objects, people, and stories he has experienced throughout his life.
As the author says, our happiness is fully possible starting today.
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Prologue _ The Old Gentleman of the Oslo Fjord
1.
The act of seeing: a complete experience that makes me who I am.
2.
Crow on the Roof: How to Find Your Own Beauty
3.
Like Billy Elliot: Beauty that is like being electrocuted
4.
Stendhal Syndrome: The Shock of Sublime Splendor
5.
The World of Beauty: Transcendent Empathy That Gives Us the Feeling of Existence
6.
Birds of the Night: A Practice That Gives Us the Opportunity to Encounter Beauty
7.
The Land We Live In: Exploring a World Without Borders
8.
All the Sunflowers in the World: A Precious, One-of-a-Kind Work of Art
9.
The Silence of the Sistine Madonna: The Music of Time
10.
When Beauty Calls Me: I Don't Need to Be Anything Special
11.
The Swift of Gare Montparnasse: The Splendor That Already Exists Among Us
12.
The Chapel in Palermo: A Nostalgic Experience from My First Trip
13.
A New Travel Philosophy: How to Fail at Travel
14.
The Whale of Tadoussac: Experiencing Hope
15.
Capturing a Moment: The Hidden Face of the World
16.
Vacations and Logouts: Time to Be Your True Self
17.
Tourists are not allowed to walk: the freedom to do nothing
18.
A Tree in Ireland: Radiance from Pain and Hurt
19.
No trespassing on the lawn: No need to touch the beauty
20.
The Venice Question: Our Responsibility for Splendor
21.
An Island Built on Curiosity: The Effort to Have an Eye for Beauty
22.
The Road Not Taken: Don't Stay in the Real World
23.
The Sun of the Heart: The Shining Ability Everyone Has
24.
A Grain of Good Sand: The Courage to Add Beauty to the World
25.
The Scent of a Summer Night: Our Possible Happiness
Epilogue _ Diving in Montenegro
Prologue _ The Old Gentleman of the Oslo Fjord
1.
The act of seeing: a complete experience that makes me who I am.
2.
Crow on the Roof: How to Find Your Own Beauty
3.
Like Billy Elliot: Beauty that is like being electrocuted
4.
Stendhal Syndrome: The Shock of Sublime Splendor
5.
The World of Beauty: Transcendent Empathy That Gives Us the Feeling of Existence
6.
Birds of the Night: A Practice That Gives Us the Opportunity to Encounter Beauty
7.
The Land We Live In: Exploring a World Without Borders
8.
All the Sunflowers in the World: A Precious, One-of-a-Kind Work of Art
9.
The Silence of the Sistine Madonna: The Music of Time
10.
When Beauty Calls Me: I Don't Need to Be Anything Special
11.
The Swift of Gare Montparnasse: The Splendor That Already Exists Among Us
12.
The Chapel in Palermo: A Nostalgic Experience from My First Trip
13.
A New Travel Philosophy: How to Fail at Travel
14.
The Whale of Tadoussac: Experiencing Hope
15.
Capturing a Moment: The Hidden Face of the World
16.
Vacations and Logouts: Time to Be Your True Self
17.
Tourists are not allowed to walk: the freedom to do nothing
18.
A Tree in Ireland: Radiance from Pain and Hurt
19.
No trespassing on the lawn: No need to touch the beauty
20.
The Venice Question: Our Responsibility for Splendor
21.
An Island Built on Curiosity: The Effort to Have an Eye for Beauty
22.
The Road Not Taken: Don't Stay in the Real World
23.
The Sun of the Heart: The Shining Ability Everyone Has
24.
A Grain of Good Sand: The Courage to Add Beauty to the World
25.
The Scent of a Summer Night: Our Possible Happiness
Epilogue _ Diving in Montenegro
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Splendor gives me joy, and at the same time captivates and fills me.
The brilliance that leaves a mark like a scar from fire is like a cloth that covers my memories and is not easily forgotten.
What I see is what I am.
--- p.19
When I surrender myself to what I see, I can be my true self.
My soul exists above what I look upon.
--- p.23
We must humbly observe what we feel and see, without calculating.
If we do not pay attention to the landscapes, words, and pictures that appear with new charm, we will ultimately see nothing.
At best, it only confirms what you already know.
--- p.45
Silence is not a forced passage of time.
Rather, through silence we participate in the movement of time.
It's no longer about fighting against time, but about exploring how deep and long time is.
--- p.94
It is the moment of feeling radiant that can free us from all obligations and pressures.
You can live freely.
Whether we are here or somewhere else, in our daily lives or on a journey away from them, what we see and feel will create our own shining story.
--- p.140
Beauty is the promise the world made to me.
So, beauty itself is enough! Beauty is also an experience of hope.
It's like a passion that feels like it's already there, even though it's not there yet.
--- p.145
When we experience beauty, whether it be a landscape, a city, or a text, our daily lives and even ourselves change.
There is an order to change.
But we spend most of our time in a hamster wheel reality.
But when we experience beauty, our daily lives change, then our personalities change, and then our pasts change.
By the virtue of beauty we become quiet travelers anchored in the sea.
--- p.223
It doesn't really matter who I am at this moment, where I'm going, what I regret, or whether I'm wrong.
I exist and the world exists.
That's enough.
I know very well what sadness and disappointment are.
It is a negative emotion that neutralizes my desires and prevents me from rising higher.
Beauty is the being that exerts influence to prevent us from being immersed in these emotions.
The power of beauty is a healing force.
… beauty removes constraints and tells me that I can live a life that doesn't narrow my radius.
--- p.248-249
The reason this world presents us with its beauty is not simply to comfort us, but to heal us.
The brilliance that leaves a mark like a scar from fire is like a cloth that covers my memories and is not easily forgotten.
What I see is what I am.
--- p.19
When I surrender myself to what I see, I can be my true self.
My soul exists above what I look upon.
--- p.23
We must humbly observe what we feel and see, without calculating.
If we do not pay attention to the landscapes, words, and pictures that appear with new charm, we will ultimately see nothing.
At best, it only confirms what you already know.
--- p.45
Silence is not a forced passage of time.
Rather, through silence we participate in the movement of time.
It's no longer about fighting against time, but about exploring how deep and long time is.
--- p.94
It is the moment of feeling radiant that can free us from all obligations and pressures.
You can live freely.
Whether we are here or somewhere else, in our daily lives or on a journey away from them, what we see and feel will create our own shining story.
--- p.140
Beauty is the promise the world made to me.
So, beauty itself is enough! Beauty is also an experience of hope.
It's like a passion that feels like it's already there, even though it's not there yet.
--- p.145
When we experience beauty, whether it be a landscape, a city, or a text, our daily lives and even ourselves change.
There is an order to change.
But we spend most of our time in a hamster wheel reality.
But when we experience beauty, our daily lives change, then our personalities change, and then our pasts change.
By the virtue of beauty we become quiet travelers anchored in the sea.
--- p.223
It doesn't really matter who I am at this moment, where I'm going, what I regret, or whether I'm wrong.
I exist and the world exists.
That's enough.
I know very well what sadness and disappointment are.
It is a negative emotion that neutralizes my desires and prevents me from rising higher.
Beauty is the being that exerts influence to prevent us from being immersed in these emotions.
The power of beauty is a healing force.
… beauty removes constraints and tells me that I can live a life that doesn't narrow my radius.
--- p.248-249
The reason this world presents us with its beauty is not simply to comfort us, but to heal us.
--- p.255
Publisher's Review
“When we experience beauty, we change.”
A philosopher's words to those who need vitality in life.
Philosopher Laurence Devillers' bestseller, "All Life Flows," moved 200,000 readers in Korea.
The author discovered the necessary indicators for life in the sea and offered various advice on life to properly navigate and navigate our lives, which are similar to rough seas.
Now, Devillers returns from the distant seas to talk about our daily lives.
What the author wants to say through 'Life Still Shines' is the 'brilliance' and 'beauty' of the world.
We usually admire the beauty of beautiful works of art or vast natural scenery.
But Devillers continues to emphasize:
The brilliance and beauty of life have always been there, we just haven't been able to see it properly.
Beauty is in the Louvre, but also in a tree in a field, in the great fjord of Oslo, but also in the streets on a summer night.
There is beauty in listening to what you don't understand, in being courageous in the face of injustice, and even in remaining silent at times.
In the book, the author shows us how to discover the beauty secretly hidden in everyday life.
These days, burnout, depression, and helplessness are rampant, and it's difficult to find positive values like hope, peace, and faith.
Nevertheless, what keeps us alive are the small happinesses that can comfort each of us.
The beauty of the world that the author speaks of can be a clue to happiness.
“Brilliance is like an unexpected event.”
How to prepare for a chance encounter with the world's splendor
The most popular painting in the Louvre Museum is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa.
What do we see there? A woman's smile? Or a woman's missing eyebrow? Devillers says we see a dark background supporting the woman from behind.
Looking at the gloomy background, which seems to symbolize the beginning or end of the world, one can wonder to oneself, 'Why did Da Vinci express the background like that?' and discover the beauty of the Mona Lisa by exploring each element of the painting with one's eyes.
We usually live by following what others have decided.
I often think things like, 'It's an award-winning novel, so should I read it?', 'It's a place I saw on TV, so should I go?', 'It's a masterpiece, so I absolutely have to see it.'
Why is this so? Is it because we're afraid of being wrong? Or because we're afraid of not being able to appreciate things properly? Debiller says that only when we have the insight and sensitivity to break free from this "desire" can we truly see the brilliance of the world that truly matters to us.
“Life Still Shines” contains 25 stories that show various methods for doing this.
The encounter with brilliance happens by chance.
But we have to create that coincidence.
Just as having the courage to break away from the usual paths and journeys allows us to create treasured moments that no one else knows about, we must break out of narrow frames and create our own individuality.
'My Splendor' is preparing a chance encounter somewhere to give a special gift to 'me' who recognized her.
We must respond to it.
“Once I freed myself from my unhappy feelings, the world looked different.”
The experience and perspective of a philosopher who comforts us
In “Life Still Shines,” Devillers confesses that he felt “trapped in a tunnel with no exit” during the time he was struggling with depression.
He recalls that at that time, he felt like he had completely lost the ability to see beauty, as he felt no emotion no matter what he saw and the roads were desolate wherever he walked.
But it was only by chance that I discovered a crow that the scenery from the street where beauty had disappeared began to look right again.
A black crow was sitting on the red tile roof of the building across the street that I saw every day. The contrast with the surroundings made everything in my field of vision suddenly seem different, as if it had come to life again.
He said that the depressed mood that had plagued him for a long time disappeared from that day on, as if it were a fleeting accident.
The author's experiences are a comfort to us who live without feeling any emotion, let alone brilliance, toward any person, object, or place in reality.
That we too can change, that even the smallest coincidence can change our lives.
Rather than a grand philosophical message, "Life Still Shines" talks about small practices and efforts to discover the different kinds of happiness we can obtain in our lives.
Isn't each person's happiness the true goal pursued by philosophy?
We are pilgrims seeking the splendor of the world.
And that brilliance isn't necessarily just in the distance.
This book will be a guide that will show you the happiness that is right next to you, quiet but definitely shining.
A philosopher's words to those who need vitality in life.
Philosopher Laurence Devillers' bestseller, "All Life Flows," moved 200,000 readers in Korea.
The author discovered the necessary indicators for life in the sea and offered various advice on life to properly navigate and navigate our lives, which are similar to rough seas.
Now, Devillers returns from the distant seas to talk about our daily lives.
What the author wants to say through 'Life Still Shines' is the 'brilliance' and 'beauty' of the world.
We usually admire the beauty of beautiful works of art or vast natural scenery.
But Devillers continues to emphasize:
The brilliance and beauty of life have always been there, we just haven't been able to see it properly.
Beauty is in the Louvre, but also in a tree in a field, in the great fjord of Oslo, but also in the streets on a summer night.
There is beauty in listening to what you don't understand, in being courageous in the face of injustice, and even in remaining silent at times.
In the book, the author shows us how to discover the beauty secretly hidden in everyday life.
These days, burnout, depression, and helplessness are rampant, and it's difficult to find positive values like hope, peace, and faith.
Nevertheless, what keeps us alive are the small happinesses that can comfort each of us.
The beauty of the world that the author speaks of can be a clue to happiness.
“Brilliance is like an unexpected event.”
How to prepare for a chance encounter with the world's splendor
The most popular painting in the Louvre Museum is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa.
What do we see there? A woman's smile? Or a woman's missing eyebrow? Devillers says we see a dark background supporting the woman from behind.
Looking at the gloomy background, which seems to symbolize the beginning or end of the world, one can wonder to oneself, 'Why did Da Vinci express the background like that?' and discover the beauty of the Mona Lisa by exploring each element of the painting with one's eyes.
We usually live by following what others have decided.
I often think things like, 'It's an award-winning novel, so should I read it?', 'It's a place I saw on TV, so should I go?', 'It's a masterpiece, so I absolutely have to see it.'
Why is this so? Is it because we're afraid of being wrong? Or because we're afraid of not being able to appreciate things properly? Debiller says that only when we have the insight and sensitivity to break free from this "desire" can we truly see the brilliance of the world that truly matters to us.
“Life Still Shines” contains 25 stories that show various methods for doing this.
The encounter with brilliance happens by chance.
But we have to create that coincidence.
Just as having the courage to break away from the usual paths and journeys allows us to create treasured moments that no one else knows about, we must break out of narrow frames and create our own individuality.
'My Splendor' is preparing a chance encounter somewhere to give a special gift to 'me' who recognized her.
We must respond to it.
“Once I freed myself from my unhappy feelings, the world looked different.”
The experience and perspective of a philosopher who comforts us
In “Life Still Shines,” Devillers confesses that he felt “trapped in a tunnel with no exit” during the time he was struggling with depression.
He recalls that at that time, he felt like he had completely lost the ability to see beauty, as he felt no emotion no matter what he saw and the roads were desolate wherever he walked.
But it was only by chance that I discovered a crow that the scenery from the street where beauty had disappeared began to look right again.
A black crow was sitting on the red tile roof of the building across the street that I saw every day. The contrast with the surroundings made everything in my field of vision suddenly seem different, as if it had come to life again.
He said that the depressed mood that had plagued him for a long time disappeared from that day on, as if it were a fleeting accident.
The author's experiences are a comfort to us who live without feeling any emotion, let alone brilliance, toward any person, object, or place in reality.
That we too can change, that even the smallest coincidence can change our lives.
Rather than a grand philosophical message, "Life Still Shines" talks about small practices and efforts to discover the different kinds of happiness we can obtain in our lives.
Isn't each person's happiness the true goal pursued by philosophy?
We are pilgrims seeking the splendor of the world.
And that brilliance isn't necessarily just in the distance.
This book will be a guide that will show you the happiness that is right next to you, quiet but definitely shining.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 23, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 370g | 125*190*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791171714568
- ISBN10: 1171714564
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