Albert Camus – Revolt and revolution
Albert Camus, in The Revolted Man, addresses the question of the difference between revolt and revolution. For Albert Camus, the revolution aims to “transform the world” (from Karl Marx, leads …
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Aristotle – Poverty and wealth
Aristotle wrote about poverty and wealth in a scattered way in The Nicomachean Ethics. Here are some excerpts: Everyone equates living well and being successful with being happy. But as …
Sparta versus Athens
In the Athenian democracy of theFifth century, decisions were made in an open and public manner. This was not the case in Sparta, where secrecy was cultivated. Thucydides (Athenian historian, …
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – The family, the oldest of societies
Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Social Contract makes the family the oldest of all societies, and the only natural one. Just after having explained the project of his work, The Social …
Kindness in the workplace – Martina Lucaccini (Sapienza University and Luiss University)
“I would like to change how kindness is perceived” I would like to change how kindness is perceived in our job as researchers, as future professors, but also in general …
History from the 19th century to the present day
This collection of fact sheets takes you back two hundred years. It will be an opportunity to understand the rise of nationalism, the cultural and economic transformations in the world, …
