stupidity
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Sketch on authority or a definition of progressive.
Following the article, Why this hatred of authority?, I received many reactions. The first consisted of confusing, or asking me not to confuse, power and authority. Here, we can see one thing: many people on social networks still agree with this distinction. It even marks for them Continue reading
stupidity , Catholicism , counter-revolution , Ernst Jünger , ethics , history , Progressivism , religion -
Exile, migrants and the Holy Father (2)
Reflections on the Holy Father's various remarks regarding migrants Not all migrants arriving in Europe today are fleeing a catastrophic situation. They often arrive with big smiles on their faces. They don't all seem destitute. They show no nostalgia for their country and arrive in large numbers to find another Continue reading
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Antigone, rebellious and intimate (7/7. Love)
7th and final part: Love Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied; Creon, on the other hand, wants to assert himself as king and demonstrate his power. Antigone favors family ties that embody love and reveal a being. Creon establishes his power by signing a bill that must Continue reading
Antigone , stupidity , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , politically correct , religion , totalitarianism , tradition -
Based on the values
Authority has lost its nobility along with humility. Authority has become a synonym for implacable order, thoughtless force, and tyranny. What an inversion 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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News from Louis-René des Forêts
On this rainy Sunday, rereading the notes taken in the margins of the marvelous Ostinato, this nugget among nuggets: Let us not veil our faces with our hands. There is no longer any place to venerate, no act of glory or intelligence to absolve a world seduced by force spreading its filth everywhere, and which Continue reading
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Charlie's Fate
"The enemy limits you, therefore gives you your shape and founds you." This phrase from Saint-Exupéry expresses our condition quite well at the end of this first week of 2015. The enemy forces me to evolve according to his codes, within a space that he has circumscribed. I am first a prisoner. He chooses the terrain and forces me to Continue reading
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The death of intimacy
Everywhere, on the Internet, in newspapers, or on television, personal experience is displayed, exhibited, and intended as a reference. This indecency is based on an inversion of values. It is founded above all and everywhere on the idea of the same. The idea of the same thinks: "I lived this, my experience reflects a universal feeling. I want to say what Continue reading
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In the heart of darkness, life
After seeing "Tree of Life," I for a long time forbade myself from writing about this film. Two forces were clashing within me. Subjugated by the poetry, by the state of bliss in which I was immersed, I was afraid of disturbing the surface of this work. I became so wrapped up in the mystery of this film that Continue reading
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What is Steve Jobs the name of?
"Steve Jobs 1955-2011," read the Apple website on October 5, 2011. Until the end, this unique signature, minimalist, elegant, and effective. His signature. The noise created by the death of this American business leader took the world by surprise. A little, and the comparison was made, as for Lady Continue reading
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A year that ends...
As the year draws to a close, we often take a furtive look back. Don't linger too long. You never know how many things you've forced yourself to bury might reappear, like those impromptu, rude, and irritating pop-ups on the internet. The exercise you can do is to Continue reading
Bernanos , stupidity , Catholicism , Ernesto Sabato , ethics , literature , politically correct , priest , religion -
In the shadow of Ernesto Sabato
When Ernesto Sabato died on April 30th at the age of 99, he repeated to himself the words of Maria Zambrano: To die, that elusive action that is carried out by obedience, happens beyond reality, in another realm. In his house in Santos Lugarès ("Holy Places" near Buenos Aires), Ernesto Sabato obeyed this last injunction. He Continue reading
Argentina , stupidity , Catholicism , counter-revolution , Ernesto Sabato , war , history , forgiveness -
Forgive me, there will always be something left...
In this little reflection on forgiveness, I just wanted to come back to the inadequacy of saying sorry. Forgiving is sometimes extremely difficult. I admit that I still hold some grudges deep in my heart. I constantly confess them and ask for a little grace to soften the hardness of my heart, but no, Continue reading
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What death for the West?
It is increasingly sweet to me to hear these speeches from Westerners gargling about the death of Catholicism, the death of this old skin of religion, when it is not simply the death of God. Continue reading
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Emmanuel Todd or intellectual vulgarity
Emmanuel Todd was on France Culture the other morning to deliver his good word. Emmanuel Todd is a prophet. He has the eloquence. He has the pretension, above all. He lacks the honesty. Indeed, one cannot be a prophet and an ideologue. Continue reading