Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Knowledge is a notion with multiple meanings both used in everyday language and as an object of advanced study on the part of philosophy and science. More particularly by: the theory of knowledge, epistemology, zetetics, psychology, cognitive science, anthropology and … Read More

Blaise Pascal (17th century) “All men seek to be happy. This is without exception, a few different ways they use it. (…) This is the reason for all the actions of all men. And yet, for so many years, no … Read More

Salon of 1864 “One day,“ said Corot, “I allowed myself to do something ‘chic‘, leaving my brush to his will; when it was over, I was remorseful and could not close my eyes all night. As soon as it was … Read More

(Dialectic and rhetoric are among the seven liberal arts (illustration of Hortus Deliciarum, v. 1180).) The medieval philosophy of the West and the Middle East derive from the same current. It is the Muslim and Christian thinkers, then between Muslims … Read More

“Come on, Vlad, get your backpack to go, it will rain in about an hour and it’s not it’s not good to catch us here. “I’m not going until I find the locket, I told you! Go away, I will … Read More

(The Virgin of chancellor Rolin, by Jan van Eyck (circa 1390–1441), oil on panel) The Louvre Museum has one of the largest collections of paintings from the Northern Europe, with 1130 paintings (Flanders, the Netherlands and Germany). The Flemish and … Read More

Saint Nicholas is celebrated in Germany from the tenth century, and the day of December 6 is chosen as the day of the festival of traders, bakers and sailors. The Saint-Nicolas is today a festival mainly directed towards children, staging … Read More

Denon wing – 1 st floor – Daru – Room 75 The young Mrs. Seriziat is half sitting on a corner of table whose red carpet brings out the whiteness of the dress. She is wearing a country dress, and … Read More

Happiness is a durable state of fullness, satisfaction or serenity, a pleasant and balanced state of mind and body, from which suffering, stress, worry and trouble are absent. Happiness is not only a passing state of pleasure, of joy, it … Read More

In the twentieth century, Frege and Carnap, opposed to “psychologism”, preferred to consider concepts as abstract entities. It is not obvious, however, that a concept is identified with the meaning of a term, the sense of intension or denotation: Hilary … Read More

  Sully wing – 2 nd floor – La Caze Collection – Room 37 In a landscape of greenery mingled with the golden hues of autumn, a merry picnic takes place on the grass. The setting of this country party … Read More

(The Immaculate Conception (1628-1629) by Pierre Paul Rubens, Prado Museum.) The Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8th, or on December 9th when the 8th falls on a Sunday, the “supposed” date of Mary’s conception, since 1477, by decision of … Read More