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France · France"The man has a scarlet of his eyes, he sees nothing there." Thus opens the essay of Catherine Van Offelen. A primer that blossoms good for the Pascalian meditations. But where the Jansenist wanted his salvation in faith, our philosopher exhumes an even more ancient remedy: the Greek phronesis, this virtue that we [...] Cet article Catherine Van Offelen : la prudence contre les prudents written by Ayrton Morice Kerneven est apparu en premier sur …Read Article
Catherine Van Offelen: Prudence Against Prudence
France · FranceThe term romance that qualifies this title with blue blood is one of those dear false friends who are learnt to be wary of as soon as they enter college. Originally, it designates overseas a medieval story full of wonderful and chivalrous spirit. Under Prince Otto, the children's tale castle lives in the ghost of Machiavel. [...] This article Stevenson's candid prince written by Bertrand Levoyer est apparu en premier sur Revue Des Deux Mondes.Read Article
The Candid Prince of Stevenson
Antisemitism · ParisDo we have to rewrite Agatha Christie in order to forget her colonialism, anti-Semitism and racism? Do we have to censor James Bond's machoism and sexism? Gommer les outrances et l'antisemitismes de Roald Dahl? We know that these interventions have become commonplace. More often than not, for reasons that are lowly commercial and not [...] This article Do we have to rewrite the classics? No, says Laure Murat, who prefers to contextualize them wr…Read Article
