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 …
Category: Philosophy
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 …
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 …
I. B. Slavery as a means of freedom from labor
In the remainder of this course on labor (Chapter 1), we will focus on the issue ofSlavery. I. Work, a terrible necessityA . Work is opposed to leisure B. Slavery …
Aristotle – From Families to the State
Aristotle in the First chapter of Politics makes the link, even proposes a hierarchy, between the family, the village, and the State. According to Aristotle, man is “naturally sociable”, i.e. …
Rosanvallon – The crisis of the welfare state (summary)
Pierre Rosanvallon published The Crisis of the Welfare State in 1981. In this work, the historian and sociologist asks himself:“The welfare state is sick of the crisis. How long can …