Literature
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The gold digger
One day, his only desire, he fulfilled it effortlessly each day. He would get up and mentally count the time it took him to do it. He counted the time as if he controlled it even as it slipped away. He knew his age, but he stubbornly refused to be caught off guard by its effects. He sought his… Continue reading
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Paradise Lost by Sébastien de Courtois
There is a nostalgia for a lost paradise. We all feel it, more or less; it connects us to Original Sin and the Fall. This affliction torments pure souls. It lurks and agitates. A youthful affliction if ever there was one, a romantic folly, this nostalgia lies at the heart of Sébastien de Courtois's novel… Continue reading
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The Pump by Clive Staples Lewis
“First, you must rid yourself of this nauseating idea, born of a manifest complex of inferiority and a worldly mind, that pomp, in the appropriate circumstances, has anything in common with vanity or self-importance. A celebrant solemnly approaching the altar to celebrate, a princess led by her king… Continue reading
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Claude Bruaire
Pain refers to the "negative" sensation in an attack that affects the body. The word is used for localized aggression, of varying intensity, reserving "suffering" for the ordeal of the whole being, struck in its depths, in its personal being. An Ethics for Medicine: From Medical Responsibility to Moral Obligation. Fayard Publishers. Continue reading
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Poetry by Philippe Mac Leod
There is no greater vertigo than your exposed face (…). It is there, on the edge of this barely opened abyss, that one discovers how close the flesh is to the soul. Advance into Deep Life, Ad Solem Editions. Continue reading
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Our secret, a mystery
We each have our own secret, which we initially keep to ourselves. Marcel Jouhandeau, in Elements for an Ethics. Grasset Publishers. Continue reading
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Antigone, defiant and intimate (7/7. Love)
Part 7 and final part: Love. Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied. Creon, on the other hand, desires to assert himself as king and demonstrate his power. Antigone prioritizes family ties, which embody love and reveal a person's true nature. Creon consolidates his power by signing a law that must… Continue reading
Antigone , stupidity , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , political correctness , religion , totalitarianism , tradition -
The show “But times always return…” – 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (1991)
The show "But Times Always Return..." — 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (1991) by Emmanuel Di Rossetti on Vimeo. On August 31, 1991, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment celebrated its 150th anniversary, the Battle of El Moungar, and its return from Operation Daguet, the first Gulf War, with an exceptional theatrical performance. 30,000 spectators from Nîmes attended… Continue reading
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Paul Bourget on France since 1789
Paul Bourget wrote: "A choice must be made; either the people of 1789 were right and the entire ancient edifice must fall; or they were wrong and it is their work that must be destroyed to restore France." Continue reading
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Transforming the idea into a feeling
Max Jacob to a student: Meditation is not about having ideas, quite the opposite! It's about having one, transforming it into a feeling, a conviction. A meditation is good when it leads to a YES, uttered by the whole body, to a cry from the heart: joy or… Continue reading
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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 was rooted in lineage and belonging to a city-state. Identity was imbued with rootedness. Family and city-state gathered under a virtual banner everything that the other needed to know about oneself… Continue reading
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In light of the values
Authority has lost its nobility along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, and tyranny. What a reversal of values! Whereas, according to Antigone, authority prevented tyranny! The modern era has this impression of authority because it has been trampled underfoot by… Continue reading
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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 affirmation, faith in denial, and faith in abstention; and this through faith in faith itself. It is to fight all those who resign themselves… Continue reading
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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, depends on external and internal elements to reach maturity. Man resembles this trunk sculpted by trials, leaning on its roots and bearing fruit of varying quality… Continue reading
Antigone , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , religion , revolution , totalitarianism , vulgarity