The Mirror of IdeasIf not by nature, then by habit, people tend to match one thing with anotherman and woman, laughter and tears, sickness and health, fire and water, master and servantthereby accentuating similarities and contrasts and opening a field of relations. In The Mirror of Ideas, Michel Tournier examines these pairs and a host of others to demonstrate how pairing one object or idea with another generates the work of imagination, philosophy, and creative