Philosopher and essayist Mihai Sora has recently passed away in his home in Bucharest. Sora was one of the Romanian intellectuals who had outlived several political regimes. Sora was also a witness of the great changes that marked the 20th century. His substantial work aside, Sora also compelled recognition for several other performances, still unparalleled to this day. If a classification of the longest-living writers were to be compiled, Sora would definitely have a place in the upper echelon. Very few human beings can boast having lived 106 years. Another feat could be the year of his birth. Sora was born when World War One was in full swing, while at the end of the war Greater Romania came into being, in 1918. Mihai Sora even used to say "I am older than Greater Romania". Another feat was the publication, in 1947, by the Gallimard Publishers in Paris, of his volume "Du dialogue intérieur. Fragment d'une anthropologie métaphysique". (On the Inne