Saint-Augustin – Two loves made two cities
Saint Augustine distinguishes two cities: the earthly city of the heavenly city Of course, for Saint Augustine, the heavenly city is the most important. For the first city is perishable …
Category: Philosophy
Charron – Sovereignty and the Public Interest
Pierre Charron, in the Sixteenth century proposed a definition of sovereignty close to that of Jean Bodin. Thus, in De la Sagesse, Pierre Charron maintains that sovereignty is a: Perpetual and …
Is justice moral or political?
Is justice Moral or political? We will first study political justice (I), then moral justice (II). You will find definitions of justice, important for knowing what we are talking about, …
Vaclav Havel – Human Rights
A few words about Vaclav Havel first. In 1989, he participated in the “Velvet Revolution” and became a leader. First president of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, he declared …
The moral of Solomon’s judgment
The Judgment of Solomon is one of the most famous illustrations of justice. Is it a good way to do justice, you will be better able to decide after reading …
The revolution in Utopia – Thomas More
In Utopia, book I, Thomas More shows his idealized conception of the government of the men. A certain Raphael Hythlodeus, the navigator who discovered the island of Utopia, formulates a …
