The call of destiny, the forgetting of vocation
To deny the origin, it is possible to claim that the existence of the past events cannot be proven, or better yet, that it was an accident, an accident...
Author: Emmanuel L. Di Rossetti
From meaning to nonsense
The contemporary world is excited by the phrase "to make sense," a perfect translation of the Anglo-Saxon expression. It is so comforting to...
Like robots facing death
There's no need to be afraid of these robots from Asia that seem ready to take our place, because the robot is within us and it's watching us; it's watching for that...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (6/7. The vocation)
So many stories about identity! The word appears neither in Greek epic nor in tragedy. Identity in Antigone's time is based on...
Relativism is the horse trader!
Relativism proves to be a gentle companion. Relativism is like Father Donissan's horse dealer. One can travel in his company. He is never boring, he...
Becoming oneself…
Isn't becoming oneself always about becoming someone else? What can become of someone who doesn't journey toward their true self? One must constantly fill the void...
The quest for identity
In its mad quest to make us believe that we can choose everything all the time, the modern era has methodically replaced being with having. Yet this logic...
In light of the values
Authority has lost its prestige along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, tyranny...
Unamuno on his Quixotic quest
My work – I was about to say my mission – is to shatter the faith of some, and even of a third party: faith in the...
Unamuno on Don Quixote
I feel I have a medieval soul and I have the idea that the soul of my homeland is medieval, that, by necessity, it has passed through the Renaissance, the Reformation,...
Postscript (by Georges Mathieu)
If "France's misfortunes are exemplary," it will take us thirty years to recover from the last one: that of the laxity of the right combined with sectarianism...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (3/7. Destiny)
Part 3: Destiny. Man descends from the tree. Man, like the tree, is defined as much by his roots as by his fruit. Man, like the tree...
News from Ernest Hello on fear and its perfections
Fear in general, therefore, possesses perfections that evil lacks. Perhaps the crucifixion was felt in a more terrible way in the Garden of Olives...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (2/7. The funeral)
Part 2: The Funeral — “My dearest Ismene. I came this morning to tell you that I've taken care of everything. I used the same funeral home for…”.