Aristotle and justice
A reflection on justice, by Aristotle. Aristotle is the author of The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle defines the object of the laws prescribed by universal justice, which legislates on what is …
Category: Philosophy
Correction: Is language only a tool?
Is language only a tool? Let’s try to express with this so useful tool, language, an answer to this seeming problem. This was one of the three exam questions of …
Tocqueville – The success of Manchester
Alexis de Tocqueville is a fine analyst. Here, his reflection is coupled with literary qualities. The question Alexis de Tocqueville asks himself during his trip to England, and more precisely …
Bodin – Difference between the City and the Town
Jean Bodin, in The Six Books of the Republic (1583), speaks of the difference that can be established between town and city. This is the occasion for a little historical …
The traditional family is gradually being replaced
The classic household composition of the 20th century tends to be replaced by a new composition that reflects the changes in family situations as the transition to the 21st century …
Lucretius’ epicureanism still relevant
Epicureanism according to Lucretius. Lucretius first evokes the pleasure that one feels to avoid torments, then the pleasure, the happiness that knowledge brings. He pities those men who are only …