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Dans ce petit texte incisif issu d'une conférence donnée à la Sorbonne en 1883, Renan propose une réponse à la question : pourquoi le monde musulman fait-il si peu de place aux sciences? Avançant de manière argumentée, Renan conteste le rôle central attribué implicitement à la religion...

Dans le pays, on l'appelait la petite Fadette, car elle avait la taille d'un farfadet et les pouvoirs d'une fée. Comme sa grand-mère, elle guérissait les hommes et les animaux. Landry, l'un des jumeaux de la ferme voisine, tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais l'amour d'une sorcière est mal vu dans cette...

The effect produced upon the general mind by the appearance of Charlotte Brontë in literature, and afterwards by the record of her life when that was over, is one which it is nowadays somewhat difficult to understand. Had the age been deficient in the art of fiction, or had it followed any long level...

Red thunder-clouds, borne on the wings of the midnight whirlwind, floated, at fits, athwart the crimson-coloured orbit of the moon; the rising fierceness of the blast sighed through the stunted shrubs, which, bending before its violence, inclined towards the rocks whereon they grew: over the blackened...

"I never had fear nor doubt. Death never came to me. I never had father or mother: for I was never born. Where are my foes? — for I am All. I am the Existence and Knowledge and Bliss Absolute. I am It. When a man has attained his own freedom, how can he be bound by any law? No law in this universe...

Vous avez tort mais refusez de l'admettre ? Avec acuité et humour, ce petit guide d'Arthur Schopenhauer recense et analyse tous les stratagèmes et ruses pour sortir vainqueur d'un débat, d'une dispute, ou d'une joute verbale. Pour le plaisir des amoureux de la réthorique et de la contradiction,...

A dust-filled journey of 3000km, taken twenty times, yields ten chapters of vivid encounters and tangible impressions. Set between sky-high mountains on the top of Africa, blistering hot deserts of the Danakil Depression and the fertile Blue Nile valley, this is the cradle of humankind, or, according...

'The condemnation,' says Hegel, 'which a great man lays upon the world, is to force it to explain him.' The greatness of Hegel, if it be measured by this standard, must be something far above common. Interpreters of his system have contradicted each other, almost as variously as the several commentators...

Les Trois discours sur la condition des grands sont un ensemble de discours éducatifs tenus par Blaise Pascal au futur duc de Chevreuse Charles-Honoré d'Albert, probablement vers 1660. Ils sont reconstitués et retranscris par Pierre Nicole dans son ouvrage De l'éducation d'un prince, publié en...

This 5th book "ZERO MEDITATION: NO NEED TO MEDITATE - LIFE HAPPENS ANYWAY!" by the League of Empty Ones contains all the original english articles that were published for the german projects www.urruhe.de & www.nullyoga.de between 2015 and 2018 about a new kind of transspirituality that...

Karl Marx belongs to the ranks of those philosophical and sociological thinkers who throw potent thought-ferment into the world, and set in motion the masses of mankind. They awaken slumbering doubts and contradictions. They proclaim new modes of thought, new social forms. Their systems may sooner...

Have you ever wished to discover your conciousness the easy and safe way trough hypnosis? This book is similar like a magical journey trough your inner being to discover the incredible force of your subconscious mind. Three inductions, nine powerful hypnosis and two easy and safe endings will help you...

Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), who has opened up the path of advaita to all people, is one of the most remarkable Sages of the modern era. After his enlightenment at age 17 he led a simple life on the sacred Hill Arunachala, in Southern India, for over 50 years, until his death. Attracted by the power...

Compagnon d'infortune de Chéri-Bibi, Palas, de son vrai nom Raoul de Saint-Dalmas est un jeune homme d'excellente famille accusé d'avoir assassiné son bienfaiteur et gaspillé son patrimoine. Malgré les preuves qui l'accablent il n'a eu de cesse de crier son innocence ce qui lui a valu d'être...