List of Articles
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Meeting with Guillaume Lurson. “Refounding a Philosophy of the Soul”
Trained early in metaphysical reflection, Lurson found in the great abstract questions—being, freedom, the soul—a privileged access to the foundations of human problems. Influenced first by Kant, then nourished by Plato and Plotinus, he long experienced the tension between the desire for the absolute and its limits. His doctoral work on Félix Ravaisson (1813-1900) led him to rethink metaphysics beyond the separation between ontology and theology, seeking mediations that reconnect being and Spirit. He defends a form of spiritualism according to which Spirit permeates all levels of reality and manifests itself in diverse modalities. Fidelity to Spirit, unity of being and thought, and the resolution of moral and aesthetic questions form the core of his book on Ravaisson. Finally, he outlines the project of a contemporary refoundation of the philosophy of the soul, open to alterity and to the contributions of the human sciences.
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Metaphysics
For a Metaphysics of Encounter
This text proposes a metaphysics of Encounter conceived not as a mere exchange between pre-existing entities, but as the very process by which beings come into themselves. Situated within the convergence of metaphysical traditions, it affirms that Encounter constitutes a fundamental hypostasis of reality. Dialogue is no longer a passive medium, but an active motor endowed with generative, singularizing, and transformative functions. The author proposes a quaternary structure (Pure Consciousness, Resonance, Manifestation, Dialogue) in which Dialogue dynamically actualizes the other principles. This perspective finds a privileged grounding in the Gospel of Saint John, where Encounter appears as the very mode of revelation and ontological transformation.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Meeting with Camille Chamois. “Are other worlds possible?”
What first awakened your interest in metaphysics? I became interested in this question in the mid-2000s (so rather late), when I was confronted with what then appeared to me as a paradox. On the one hand, I discovered that there was indeed a very active contemporary metaphysical scene (contrary to what the Heideggerian or Derridean […]
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Meeting with Laurent Cournarie: Metaphysics—or the Nostalgic Essence of Philosophy
It would certainly be excellent news to learn that metaphysics is not dead. But one may doubt its proclaimed rebirths as much as its endlessly repeated deaths. This doubt may well be the rather “deflationary” standpoint we personally adopt with regard to metaphysics. Being a metaphysician, doing metaphysics The little we have published on metaphysics—both […]
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Metaphysics and Science
Between one sex and thousands, how many sexes are there?
Sex, gender, and sexuality constitute a trilogy of relatively intertwined concepts. Before developing a metaphysics of sex, a basic principle of reality requires that each of these areas be studied. Here, it is sex (in the sense of physical and physiological sex) that is analyzed. Between a single sex and thousands of sexes, it would already be necessary to determine the number of different sexes in (human) nature. Without giving away the suspense, we will see that the female and male sexes are not watertight categories. On the other hand, it must be agreed that this is an unavoidable typology.
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Metaphysics and metapolitics
The Metapolitical Significance of St. John Cassian for the Spiritual Foundation of European Christianity
Within the framework of metapolitical reflection, Theophilus Burg’s article highlights the metapolitical significance of St. John Cassian (c. 360–435) in the spiritual formation of Christian Europe. As a mediator between the Eastern ascetic tradition of the Desert Fathers and Western monasticism, he transmitted an anthropological model grounded in contemplation, discipline, and inner transformation. This legacy durably structured the religious, cultural, and missionary institutions of the West, far beyond the strictly theological sphere. Cassian thus appears as the bearer of a spiritual archetype—the monk—whose metahistorical function was to shape a civilization from an inner center ordered toward the Absolute.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Esotericism, Metaphysics and Gnosis: Some Elements
If esotericism is a veil, allowing us to know that there is something behind the veil, metaphysics, in the transparency of intelligence, is a revelation. However, these two approaches are only paths; gnosis cannot be attained by one’s own efforts, it is never anything other than a given.
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Metaphysics and metapolitics
The Words and Concepts of Liberalism
In her latest book, Caëla Gillespie offers a lexicon of the key words and concepts of liberalism, tracing them in the order of their historical emergence. The result is a unique lens through which to view the political and economic developments shaping today’s Western societies. She even forged the neologism “pan-liberalism”, which has become necessary. What follows is her lexicon. — Bruno Bérard.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Philosophy… why live with it?
A hundred pages to enter into a life of philosophy, a journey through life. The adventure that every child discovers by naming things, the adventure that every adult pursues to a greater or lesser extent. It is because human beings are philosophers by nature, as Mr. Jourdain talked in prose (Molière, Le bourgeois gentilhomme/The Bourgeois Gentleman or The Would-Be Gentleman). They are even metaphysicians, said Schopenhauer. It is not surprising that this is confirmed in young people with severe disabilities. An experience that benefits us all. Bruno Bérard.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Let’s not be semi-clever!
Pascal explicitly criticizes this common figure of the “semi-skilled,” undoubtedly inspired by Montaigne. Bourdieu, for his part, refers to “half-learned people.” What is important here is the idea that ignorance is both the starting point and the end point of the path to knowledge—which invites a posture of humility. Beyond this philosophical perspective, Pascal also hints at a dimension that could be described as Gnostic.
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Metaphysics and metapolitics
Metapolitical Eschatology
This article explores the metapolitical eschatologies of Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) and Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900). By applying the methodological framework of Eugene Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973), the result is a metapolitical synthesis that transcends deterministic or purely theological models, highlighting a living, participatory path toward eschaton rooted in both human action and divine calling.
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Metaphysics and Science
Metaphysics of consciousness
In the history of thought, there is general agreement that ancient philosophy can be distinguished from modern philosophy. However, this distinction, although suggested by the chronological separation of works—created by the Middle Ages, when the question of the relationship between the truths of faith and the teachings of metaphysics dominated—is also based on differences that […]