Is a political system based on individual freedom desirable? For Plato, no: 2,500 years ago, he already saw democracy as a chaotic political organization leading to disorder, then tyranny.
School uniforms have never been generalized in Swiss public schools, although they remain the norm in many countries. Between the desire to harmonize appearances and the desire to preserve diversity, should we take the plunge?
The founders of Lucerne's Institute for Economic Policy (IWP) were awarded the Bonny Foundation's Freedom Prize 2025 on Thursday in Berne. The Foundation praised the contribution of these two «intellectual entrepreneurs» to debate and knowledge.
Chaque mois, le youtubeur Ralph Müller livre son analyse cinglante d’un phénomène de société. Cette fois-ci sur le poids que représente la liberté, et le courage que demande son exercice.
Etienne de La Boétie wrote this 16th-century text between the ages of 16 and 18, and according to Pascal Couchepin, there's «something refreshing» about it. Every month, the former federal councillor shares a reading that struck a chord with him.
C’est un fait incontestable selon Jean-Claude Michéa: libéralismes économique et politique sont les deux versants d’une même et unique «logique libérale» qui serait à l’origine de nos sociétés modernes. Plongée dans «L’Empire du moindre mal».
With wokism, withdrawal into one's own identity became a sign of rejection of the Enlightenment. Is this still the case? Isn't getting together between women - or between men - a legitimate demand, albeit one that wokes up to in a very incoherent way?
L’association est un remède au repli sur soi dans les régimes démocratiques, où s’amenuit la dépendance à autrui qui prévalait dans les régimes féodaux. Elle permet également à ses membres de s'engager au-delà de leur intérêt personnel sans passer par l'Etat.
Valery Larbaud (1881-1957) dedicated his works to Barnabooth, an idle billionaire intent on giving meaning to his existence, portraying the doubts and wanderings of a youth in search of the absolute. Vibrantly topical.