Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

(The circled A, symbol of the anarchism.) Anarchism is a current of political philosophy developed since the nineteenth century on a set of anti-authoritarian theories and practices of social equality. The term libertarian, often used as a synonym, is a … Read More

Physics is the science that tries to understand, model, and explain the natural phenomena of the universe. It corresponds to the study of the world which surrounds us in all its forms, laws of its variation and evolution. System modeling … Read More

Various changes observed around the world have led to the conclusion of global warming. The Global Humanitarian Forum, Kofi Annan’s Think Tank, estimates in the first study on the human impact of global warming in 2009, to 300,000 deaths per … Read More

This work is not currently visible in the rooms of the Museum At the foot of a tree, Apollo, the god of the arts, sits, a large cloak draped over his superb body of Olympian. His head is crowned with … Read More

“It’s time to go! Taratantara!! …” “Alert! Taratantara!!!” The anthill is covered with soldiers brandishing in the sun their bright, sharp mandibles. It is an indescribable back and forth … What a beautiful melee! … What a beautiful start! Long … Read More

There are several conceptions of the status of existence of the concept. This status is central to all philosophy, not only in the field of knowledge (how concepts are formed?, does the concept indicate an essence?, etc.), but also in … Read More

Sully wing – 2nd floor – Watteau – Room 36 Although he has only painted gallant festivals and subjects drawn from the Italian comedy, Antoine Watteau is a great master. He created a new aspect of art and saw nature … Read More

Aesthetics is a discipline of philosophy whose object is perceptions, senses, beauty (in nature or art), or exclusively that which relates to the concept of art. The aesthetic corresponds to the domain designated until the eighteenth century by “science of … Read More

It matters WHAT, and HOW, but IF is decisive; The age is not the limit, as long as you don’t leave. Nicolae Sfetcu, 17.09.2017

Denon wing – 1st floor – Grande Galerie – Room 8 Venus, nonchalantly lying on a blue drapery, an arm rounded above the head, sleeps without suspecting that the secret of her charms is betrayed and that a satyr, but … Read More

Indian philosophy (Early morning on the Ganges) We define classically two kinds of Indian philosophies: the āstika philosophies, which follow the Vedas (Hinduism …) and the nāstika philosophies that are Jainism, Buddhism and the Cārvāka, which reject them. For the … Read More

This work is not currently visible in the rooms of the Museum This portrait, known as La belle ferronnière or Portrait of an Unknown Woman, does not represent, as is commonly believed, the mistress of Francis I, but Lucrezia Crivelli, … Read More