Thomas Aquinas – Angels and Grace
Secrecy is particularly present in religions and their reflection on mystery. This reflection on “what do angels really know? Do they know all the secrets and mysteries of God?” is …
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The secret self
The self remains a secret for many, if not all of us. Some of the greatest writers have tried to discover their self, to explore who they are. We will …
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the secret
For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, transparency and truth are goals to be achieved. As he writes in Book IV of the Confessions: “I wish I could in some way make my soul …
The secret: essential for living well?
Without secrecy, no relationship is possible. You can think of secrecy as a hidden, dark place. But in the opposite direction, if there were no secret, everything would be pure. …
The secret, an ornament – Simmel
Georg Simmel, who died in 1918, is the author of a Sociology where he analyzes, among other things, the function of secrecy in esoteric societies. “Secrecy functions as an ornament …
Michel Serres – 3 types of secrets
Michel Serres, a philosopher specializing in the history of science, distinguishes three types of secrets: We can easily distinguish three types of secrets. The socio-political secret, well analyzed everywhere: knowledge …