Before the Christianization of the West, Christmas was called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and corresponded to the birth day of Sol Invictus. The date of 25 December has been set as the great feast of the undefeated Sun (Sol Invictus) … Read More
Epistemology can designate two concepts: in the continental philosophy: the critical study of science and scientific knowledge; in the Anglo-Saxon philosophy: the study of knowledge in general. This article mainly presents the perspective of epistemology as a study of science … Read More
In the image you have a screenshot with Facebook notifications. Immediately after notifying that a page has five new likes, Facebook sends a new notice stating that that page didn’t get any new like this week, recommending to publish a … Read More
Denon wing – 1 st floor – Daru – Room 75 The mythological legend of Psyche is well known: Psyche was a young girl of such an ideal beauty that Love itself was in love with her and he took … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2 nd floor – Flanders, 17th century – Room 19 Who would believe, in contemplating this placid female figure, that one of the many wives of Henry VIII, the terrible English monarch, is before his eyes! Nothing … Read More
Greek period (Famous representation of the different schools of antiquity: it is recognized, in center, Plato pointing the finger of heaven (referring to his theory of Ideas) and Aristotle showing opposed the land (referring to his desire to anchor knowledge … Read More
Sully wing – 2 e étage – Collection Georges Thomy Thiéry (1823-1902) – Salle 72 The scene is probably happening in the tower of the steeple of a village church, a day of festooned feast. This is the moment to … Read More
Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Holland, first half of the 17th century – Room 30 This painting should be called more exactly the Girl at the market; it is, in fact, the portrait of a fish merchant from Haarlem, … Read More
Candide, in the depths of his heart, had no desire to marry Cunegonde; but the extreme impertinence of the baron determined him to conclude the marriage; and Cunegonde pressed him so hard that he could not withdraw from it. He … Read More
Thomas. That’s how everyone knew him. If you had asked any of his acquaintances which is his family name, he would have thought a little, and then he would have shrugged, powerless. In the old days, when he was young, … Read More
Mr. and Mrs. Angerstein stand on a terrace from which one sees the trees of the garden with, at bottom, an escape on the campaign. Mrs. Angerstein sits in a rattan chair: her fine face, whose beauty is famous in … Read More
