In spite of certain similarities with André Malraux, Merleau-Ponty distinguishes himself from Malraux in respect to three conceptions of style, the last of which is employed in Malraux's The Voices of Silence.
Uprkos određenim sličnostima sa Andreom Malroom, Merlo-Ponti razlikuje sebe od Malroa u odnosu na tri koncepcije stila, od kojih je poslednja prisutna u Malroovim "Glasovima tišine".