Paul VeyneThinkers

An Artist is, for the Greeks, first of all an artisan and a work of art was first of all a work.

Cultural relativism is the idea that no warrior has been shaken in his patriotism by the idea that he might have been born on the other side of the border.

Finitude is the recognition that man cannot think just anything. Try, for example, asking the Romans to abolish slavery or to think about an international equilibrium.

Genealogy is a method of history which asserts that the spectacle of the past brings to light no reason in history other than the struggles of men for something that is undoubtedly neither true nor false but that imposes itself as truth to be told.

The Present is never indifferent. To be a philosopher is to make a diagnosis of present possibilities and to draw up a strategic map in the hope of influencing.

Relativism is always held within limited. No warrior has been shaken in his patriotism by the idea that he might have been born on the other side of the border.

A Value is inescapably perspectival. No warrior has been shaken in his patriotism by the idea that he might have been born on the other side of the border.

A Value is the shape that history takes, offering not problems, but only a different valorization which is neither true nor false, but simply is, that's all, and each individual is the patriot of his own values.

A Warrior is a man who can get along without truth, who only knows the sides taken, his and that of his adversary, and who has enough energy to fight without having to justify himself in order to reassure himself.

A Warrior is he who fights without needing truth and without needing to justify himself in order to reassure oneself.

The Work of art is, for the Greeks, first of all a work and the artist is first of all an artisan.