Maxzor commented on Antijudaïsme by David Nirenberg
Antijudaïsme de David Nirenberg est sans doute l’une des plus importantes contributions à l’histoire des …
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Maxzor commented on Pour un catastrophisme éclairé by Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Essais)
Pour un catastrophisme éclairé
Le temps est venu de mener une réflexion sur le destin …
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Maxzor commented on Les grands textes fondateurs de l'écologie by Ariane Debourdeau (Champs classiques)
L’écologie intrigue, divise, inquiète… Et pour cause : le choc répété des mots et des …
I liked this anthology a lot. I was particularly interested by the excerpts of Richard Buckminster Fuller, Barbara Ward, Hans Jonas and Peter Sloterdijk. #ecology
Maxzor commented on Ballades en argot homosexuel by François Villon
« Faites déchargez, maladroits ! Détendez les arbalètes, car devant la "rondelle", vous êtes démâtés. …
Maxzor commented on Un démocrate by Julie Timmerman
"Le réel n'existe pas. Seuls existent les événements sur lesquels on communique."
Les femmes qui …
A play about public relations in the twentieth century, a story of communication in democracies, a tale on the power of representations.
Le Bon's The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind; Lippmann's Public Opinion, and Bernays's Propaganda I still have to figure out this quote from Foucault, how "hermeneutics and semiology are two fierce enemies".
Maxzor commented on La Divine Comédie by Dante Alighieri (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, #659)
La lecture de La Divine Comédie est un voyage. Claudel le définit à merveille : …
If I must be completely honest with myself, I read it superficially and I did not understand much. Should I put in the effort I made on Aeneid ? I don't know, maybe.
Maxzor commented on An enquiry concerning human understanding by David Hume (World's classics)
'Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.' …
My take away : scepticism, cause - habit - effect, nice prose.
Maxzor commented on Justine et autres romans by Marquis de Sade (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)
Ses textes ont longtemps été considérés comme des documents à réserver aux médecins, aux juristes …
I read only Justine.
The main question is if it is worth following virtue in one's life, given that providence can favour a sinful conduct better.
I found that the philosophical pages and the repetitive systems were like rather fun labyrinths were the reader had to learn how to refute the sophisms exposed.
But it was quite tedious. It seems to me on one hand that Choderlos de Laclos did better at painting libertinism, and on the other hand that Voltaire's Candide was more skillful at painting humans as (I oppose the thesis !) fundamentally evil.
Maxzor commented on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Contains 44 works:
PLAYS (37) All's well that ends well Antony and Cleopatra As you …
Read Romeo and Juliet. Masterful.
Maxzor commented on Pensées pour moi-même by Marcus Aurelius
Traduction (Grec ancien) : Mario Meunier « On sent en soi-même un plaisir secret lorsqu’on …
Repetitions but nice stoicism Epictete's book is very nice aswell
Maxzor commented on La Métamorphose by Franz Kafka (Folio classique, #5882)
Première parution en 1938 Édition et trad. de l'allemand (Autriche) par Claude David. Préface de …
Acerbic yet well-crafted
Maxzor commented on Nature et préjugés by Marc-André Selosse
Par Pierre Grimal
Les aventures de Gilgamesh et son ami Enkidu.
Le calligraphe Hassan Massoudy …
One of the oldest tales known.
Maxzor finished reading Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Librio Philosophie, #340)
Partant de l'état de nature, Rousseau détaille l'enchaînement des circonstances qui conduisit le genre humain …
What expressive power ! A little monument.
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Maxzor commented on Le porche du mystère de la deuxième vertu by Charles Péguy
Three virtues : faith, charity, and most importantly hope.
A long poem in prose, baffling but engaging, with a stark prosody.