Revolutions and civil wars – Montesquieu
Montesquieu is a major French political thinker of the 18th century, known for his theory of the separation of powers. In his most famous work, De l’Esprit des lois (“The …
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Do revolutions wipe out the past?
The full title of the subject that was posed to the candidates in the 2021 common competition to integrate the regional Institutes of Political Studies was: “In light of your …
Is it still possible to preserve secrecy today?
This is the subject that has just fallen in the IEP 2021 common competition. More precisely, the title was : “In light of your experiences and readings, do you think …
Justice and strength – Pascal
In fragment 94, Blaise Pascal reflects on the relationship between justice and strength. Here are successive quotations from the original text, accompanied by a literal commentary on the fragment, particularly …
The Black American Revolt
To understand the project of a popular history of the United States, intended by Howard Zinn’s historian, go here A popular history of American society after 1945. This engaged history …
What is the Philosopher King?
The philosopher king is a concept that comes to us from Plato. In the Republic, book V, 473d, Plato insists that philosophy and kingship must coincide. Otherwise, the kingdom will …
