#bookstodon

See tagged statuses in the local BookRaptor community

commented on Justine et autres romans by Marquis de Sade (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)

Marquis de Sade: Justine et autres romans (Hardcover, French language, 2014, Gallimard)

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.

#Book #BookStodon #MastoLivre #FediBook #FediLivre

finished reading Si Einstein avait su by Alain Aspect

Alain Aspect: Si Einstein avait su (Paperback, Français language, Odile Jacob)

Alain Aspect a voulu écrire ce livre pour nous faire partager sa fascination pour le …

There is a clear didactic effort and the journey is enjoyable, but in my opinion it did not deliver remarquably in making me understand the nature of quantum entanglement, the ingeniosity in Bell's inequalities, nor the consequences of their violation for the advancement of non-locality.

#science #BookStodon #MastoLivre #FediBook #FediLivre