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« ALEXANDER `...` I still cannot convince myself that actions must be repressed. If there is a need for restraint, I think that the social convention that dictates it comes primarily from a fear, a discomfort with the body, in the face of the other. Even today, I still remember a gesture that was too friendly towards a teacher. Driven by an instinct, a desire to spontaneously prove my affection by shaking his hand, tapping his shoulder, ... I feel that such actions may be unwelcome or even prohibited in certain situations. SOCRATE And your new method? ALEXANDRE All these events made me realize that I belonged to an "other world". Therefore, it was necessary to do everything possible to integrate, to learn the language of this world, its codes and its prohibitions. I began by observing. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness |
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness
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« You will depend less on the next day when you get your hands on today. While we differ it, life runs. ... Seneca in Lucilius »
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Alexandre Jollien
Self-building: A use of philosophy |
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Alexandre Jollien
Self-building: A use of philosophy
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« The art of standing up, of staying the course, precisely implies a happier horizon towards which to move. What undermines this progress is not suffering, nor failure, but despair. To cease to hope is to admit defeat without even taking on the challenge, is to render each of our efforts in vain. The formation of personality requires, as a singular starting point, a radical stripping: to know vulnerable, perfectible, perfectible, to become aware of evolving in uncertain lands, to try to know why one is fighting... joyfulmebnt. »
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job |
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job
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