"This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out of fashion in the late twentieth century. It proposes a new reading of this distinction for the twenty-first century, building on the work of Co…
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Le droit de mentir
by Kant, Immanuel, Constant, Benjamin
fromMille et une nuits (Series)
" Le principe moral que dire la vérité est un devoir, s'il était pris d'une manière absolue et isolée, rendrait toute société impossible. Nous en avons la preuve dans les conséquences directes qu'a tirées de ce premier principe un philosophe allemand, qui va jusqu'à prétendre qu…
When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This compelling du…
"When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This dual biograp…
When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This compelling du…
Benjamin Constant: la passion démocratique