Much of the Anglo-American philosophical tradition’s inability to perceive the value in the work of modern French philosophy is due to the fact that in the Anglo-American tradition, philosophy is meant to emulate science. Indeed much of what Anglo-American philosophers do is assist science in its thinking. Whereas in France, philosophy is much closer to literature than it is to science. How many great Anglo-American philosophers have also been creative writers? How many have been good writers at all? Whereas nearly all the the great modern French philosophers have also been creative writers, or at least seriously interested in and inspired by literature.