wide , ▁including ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Let ters . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁became ▁foreign ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Netherlands ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences . ▁He ▁received ▁the ▁Er as mus ▁Prize ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁Meister - E ck hart - P ri ze ▁for ▁philosophy ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁several ▁honor ary ▁doctor ates ▁from ▁univers ities ▁such ▁as ▁Oxford , ▁Harvard , ▁Y ale , ▁and ▁Columbia . ▁He ▁also ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁Grand - cro ix ▁de ▁la ▁L ég ion ▁d ' honneur , ▁was ▁a ▁Com mande ur ▁de ▁l ' ordre ▁national ▁du ▁M ér ite , ▁and ▁Com mande ur ▁des ▁Arts ▁et ▁des ▁Let tres . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁XVII ▁Prem i ▁Internacional ▁Catalunya ▁( General itat ▁of ▁Catal onia ). ▁After ▁his ▁ret irement , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁publish ▁occas ional ▁med itations ▁on ▁art , ▁music , ▁philosophy , ▁and ▁poetry . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁and ▁death ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁française ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁living ▁authors ▁to ▁have ▁his ▁works ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Bibliothèque ▁de ▁la ▁Pl é ia de . ▁On ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Maurice ▁Dru on ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁he ▁became