To live coherently is to follow a set of values that take the form of habits. Self-imposed constraints are necessary to transform who we are. There is no personal progress if negligence and complacency prevail over the rigor manifested by discipline. An idea is a hard core, it needs proof to exist. It needs to be embodied in our actions.…
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Work has a primary function in our societies. It is the symbol of our integration and sometimes of our reason to live. In such a context, it would be absurd to claim laziness which is the very opposite of this value. However, there is wisdom and perhaps even nobility in it, let’s see why. Work is a conscious effort that…
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Rejecting a certain idea of performance in the age of creative destruction The injunction to be useful, that is, to have a quantifiable contribution in a productivist society, weighs heavily on our shoulders. This commercial relationship that we all have with the community in which we live sometimes disturbs me. Am I simply a cog in a machine designed to…
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Each era is marked by a crisis of greater or lesser magnitude. Our predecessors had to face wars, our successors will most certainly be at the foot of the wall and will suffer the full impact of climate change in its most immediate and daily form. We are in a way a transition generation, and as such we have a…
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Our parents may be the cause of our suffering, yet they are above all the cause of our very existence. Whether we like it or not, this fact complicates our relationship with them. On the one hand, having been born into a difficult world can be a source of great anxiety for our parents, who have nonetheless assumed responsibility for…
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Infinite growth in a finite world is not possible … in a material world. This explains why it is necessary to change our life habits in order to guarantee a better future for our children. The material world has its limits, this is the human tragedy: we are finite beings with infinite desires. Faced with this incompatibility of nature, it…
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To live in confinement is to live like in a prison. We bubble like in a steam room, we ruminate our memories, we can hardly imagine a rosy future. Yet prison is sold as a lifesaver, why should it be suitable for delinquents and not for us, the common man? Why do we – society – advocate a remedy that…
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Experience shows that we find it difficult to separate ourselves from the nation that saw us born. This natural patriotism somehow prevents us from putting ourselves in the place of others, since we assume that our nation is the best. Of course, sometimes we are critical and even bitter towards this intangible entity, but we are always critical with the…
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Men see necessity only in crisis. Jean Monnet Jean Monnet, born November 9, 1888 in Cognac and died March 16, 1979 in Houjarray (Bazoches-sur-Guyonne), is a French international civil servant, international banker, promoter of Atlanticism and free trade. He is considered one of the “fathers of Europe”. Crises make us aware of the precious and yet so innocuous goods that…
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So your interest is always the compass that our opinions follow. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, born in Sauve on 6 March 1755 and died in Sceaux on 13 September 1794, was a French playwright, novelist, poet and fabulist. It is difficult to assess the sincerity of our convictions, a fortiori if they are political. We tend,…
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