Corrected Essay – Does politics not require truth?
Politics is a complex field that concerns the relations between individuals, groups and institutions in a given society. It is often questioned whether politics is exempt from the requirement of …
Author: AIP
Quotes on Work
Ancient and Medieval Quotes on Work “You shall be nourished by toil all the days of your life” —Genesis, Bible “There is no shameful work – Socrates (469 – 399 BC) “If you …
Karl Popper, Objective Knowledge
The BAC 2014 proposed to the L series as a text commentary an excerpt from Objective Knowledge where Karl Popper attacks determinism. Karl Popper’s text, Objective Knowledge I have called …
Man is made of curved wood – Immanuel Kant
The formula comes from theIdea of a universal history from a cosmopolitical point of view. The work, published in 1784, evokes the difficulties of the human being to straighten up, …
V. B. Post-Gaullism
Giscard d’Estaing (on the left on the picture) and Mitterrand (on the right on the picture) succeed Georges Pompidou. V. France since 1945 B. Post-Gaullism: Pompidou, Giscard d’Estaing, and Mitterrand …
France under Vichy (1939-1944)
France was deeply affected by the outbreak of the Second World War and its defeat by the Germans, which led to the Occupation and the Vichy regime. It is these …