LE CYNISME EN POLITIQUE : UNE TRISTE REALITE QUI A TOUJOURS EXISTE

Que penser de la condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy pour corruption ? Personnellement j’ai été triste de cette condamnation, de la part d’un politicien qui, malgré tout, restait plus cohérent dans ses idées que bien d’autres, même si je ne suis pas d’accord avec sa vision des choses. A faire désespérer de la politique. Pourtant il neLire la suite « LE CYNISME EN POLITIQUE : UNE TRISTE REALITE QUI A TOUJOURS EXISTE »

SCIENCE AND CONSCIENCE

The development of science has always fascinated philosophers. Plato already told that « no one can enter here (in his school) if he is not a geometre ». this approach is showing how science has always been considered as the first tool of progress. Later Condorcet said that « littérature has limits, science doesn’t ». Those approaches are supportedLire la suite « SCIENCE AND CONSCIENCE »

BUILDING A NEW EQUILIBRIUM

The period we live in resulting in a new Cold War. Three axis will be strategical in the fight : The economical side The political side The scienfical side Those sides show that the expansionism of China is on many fronts. This approach is inspired not only from Marxism, but from very old confucianist principles. InLire la suite « BUILDING A NEW EQUILIBRIUM »

PREPARER DAVANTAGE L’AVENIR DANS L’EDUCATION : UNE NECESSITE

Nous vivons dans une période dangereuse. Le niveau d’éducation a énormément baissé ces dernières années, comme l’alphabétisation par exemple. Pourtant elle est indispensable pour accéder à la spécialisation du travail. Cette problématique est ancienne. Platon, dans les Lois, parlait de l’importance de l’éducation pour pouvoir perfectionner son art. De la même facon Kant parlait deLire la suite « PREPARER DAVANTAGE L’AVENIR DANS L’EDUCATION : UNE NECESSITE »

THE RISE OF POPULISM : WHAT DOES IT SHOW ?

A real threat Populism is a way to go back to the preoccupation to go back to tradition for instance. It is reflecting the need of many people to go back to the concept of nation, of national culture… Those factors can be understandable, if they don’t fall into racism or discrimination. The question isLire la suite « THE RISE OF POPULISM : WHAT DOES IT SHOW ? »

CREATING MORE BRIDGES : WHAT SOME PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGICAL APPROACHES CAN TELL US ABOUT THE CURRENT CRISIS ?

Hermeneutics : a way to create links in theology Religious views often had different viewpoints about how to consider things. It stems from different interpretations of the texts, and it allows different views. For instance the text of Matthiew is often considered a anti judaic, for the reason it has been criticized. We can say interpretationsLire la suite « CREATING MORE BRIDGES : WHAT SOME PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGICAL APPROACHES CAN TELL US ABOUT THE CURRENT CRISIS ? »

ENGAGING A DISCREET WAY

As the muslim proverb said, « patience comes from the Prudent and precipitation from Satan ». Plato, in his book The laws, stated that it was necessary to build a system that fosters the division of work. He speak about the mastery of arts. Alain Badiou, in an interview, talks about the necessity to think in theLire la suite « ENGAGING A DISCREET WAY »

THE XXIst CENTURY, A NEW XIXth CENTURY ? THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ERA

We live in a period of deep revolutions. It is today an industrial one. The book « the end of history » of Fukuyama didn’t take enough into account a fundamental approach of the human species : the materialistic view described by Heraclitus stating that « we don’t go twice in the same river ». The law of human orderLire la suite « THE XXIst CENTURY, A NEW XIXth CENTURY ? THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ERA »

LET’S INVEST IN THE FUTURE AND IN EDUCATION

The rise of China is the victory of a mentality of wisdom. Back to old principles that brilliantly worked. First China has an approach of discretion. According to Chateaubriand, it is necessary to have « strong characters, full of imagination and a mysterious and secret existence ». China brilliantly applied those approaches, and applied with perfection theLire la suite « LET’S INVEST IN THE FUTURE AND IN EDUCATION »

LET’S PROMOTE REFORMATIVE IDEAS

The world we live is may be at a turning point. Western countries look to have lost a great part of the wealth they have built. The level of education has decreased. Moreover it looks that the economic crisis have cast a shadow on the european models. It looks that radicalism has invaded our societies,Lire la suite « LET’S PROMOTE REFORMATIVE IDEAS »