Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the secret
For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, transparency and truth are goals to be achieved. As he writes in Book IV of the Confessions: “I wish I could in some way make my soul …
Category: Philosophy
What is the Third Estate? Summary of Chapters 1 and 2
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born in 1748. In 1774, he became a priest, but without a vocation. He held several important positions, but became truly famous in 1788, when he published …
The secret: essential for living well?
Without secrecy, no relationship is possible. You can think of secrecy as a hidden, dark place. But in the opposite direction, if there were no secret, everything would be pure. …
The vanity of painting – Blaise Pascal
In his Pensées, 40–134, Pascal states: What vanity is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, whose originals are not admired! The pictorial representation is thus for Pascal …
Saint Augustine – Science
Saint Augustine was both a theologian and a philosopher. In his work, he reflects on science. Indeed, in book X of the Confessions (397–400), Saint Augustine shows that the sciences – in …
Pascal – Science endangered by imagination
In the Pensées, 44, Blaise Pascal talks about imagination. Imagination, as it is deceptive, presents a danger for reason. It is thus opposed to knowledge. It is misleading for science. …