In his essay on laughter, published by Editions de l'Observatoire, the former director of «Charlie Hebdo» and France Inter explores what this human art tells us about the value of astonishment. For further reading.
José Ortega y Gasset rarely figures among the most quoted and studied philosophers. Yet his political, social and moral diagnoses are still relevant today. Portrait of a major thinker of the 20th century.
Immersed in the Grisons, our editor discovered the environment in which Nietzsche forged the essence of his thought during the summers of 1881 to 1888. In these wild landscapes, the mountains appear to be the crucible of an inner revolution.
A subtle tradition dating back to the Scottish Enlightenment, and in particular to David Hume, one of its leading exponents, makes the aesthetic evaluation of a thing a personal feeling, but one caused by properties actually possessed by that thing.
The limits of free speech, its expression through caricature and the challenges posed by wokism to this fundamental right. These themes were at the heart of the 2025 edition of this annual meeting, co-organized by Le Regard Libre, which took place on Saturday.
Is beauty in things or in our minds? According to British philosopher Roger Scruton, neither option is satisfactory. By pointing out the paradoxical nature of aesthetic judgments, he attempts to overcome the opposition between objectivism and subjectivism.
Every month, youtuber Ralph Müller delivers his scathing analysis of a social phenomenon. This time, he looks at the weight of freedom, and the courage it takes to exercise it.
In his first book, Jonas Follonier, with the help of philosopher Olivier Massin, identifies wokism and shows how this ideology is manifesting itself in the country, from cancelling conferences to redefining harassment. But is it really that prevalent?
In «Ce que je veux sauver», Peggy Sastre defends the foundations of universalism against tribalism and relativism. The editorialist at Le Point believes that France is particularly vulnerable to these increasingly powerful trends.
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