The froth of lives
Can we still take refuge in our inner life, behave as rebels against this world that loves nothing but externality and its procession of emotions pushed to their limits...?.
Label: vulgarity
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...
Identify
Identity is divided, on the one hand, into a foundation that is within us, without which we can derive any particular merit, our nature, and on the other hand, the education (culture) that we...
What does it mean to be out of touch with reality?
The most illuminating example concerning human nature is found in the New Testament when Peter and Jesus Christ speak together and Peter insists...
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 about Hyppolite Taine
He's a pedant; a pedant is someone with a hollow, puffed-up mind who, because he's full of words, thinks he's full of ideas, revels in his own phrases, and deceives himself...
To which saints should we pray?
The Marcial Maciel affair forces us to confront the question of Evil. Our era avoids engaging with it. What do we know of the work of the devil, and what can we do about it?.
Christian Testimony – 2
When I started this blog, the idea of writing about liturgy came to me very quickly. Not to claim the status of a specialist...
A short history of Envy, from hero to scapegoat
The modern world constantly presents us with scapegoats. Lance Armstrong, Richard Millet, Jérôme Kerviel, John Galliano, to name just a few, each of them...
What kind of death for the West?
It is becoming increasingly pleasant for me to hear these speeches from Westerners reveling in the death of Catholicism, the death of this old...
Emmanuel Todd or intellectual vulgarity
Emmanuel Todd was on France Culture the other morning to deliver his gospel. Emmanuel Todd is a prophet. He has the eloquence. He has the...
Tribute to Jean-Marie Domenach
Rereading notes I took years ago while reading Jean-Marie Domenach's *The Return of the Tragic*, I remember our meeting. I see him...
Philia, agape and other little things…
The Greeks used three words to designate love: eros, carnal love; philia, friendship; and agape, amorous love.
The columnist's hatred
I've titled this article "The Hatred of the Columnist." The French columnist—because it truly is a French affliction—is as he is...