Alphonse de Lamartine

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Quand on sort de la jolie petite ville de Mâcon en se dirigeant du cote des montagnes ou le soleil se couche, on suit d'abord pendant plusieurs heures une grande route bordée de vignes, qui monte et descend avec les ondulations du sol comme la route d'un vaisseau sur une mer douce a larges lames. De nombreux villages, aux toits de tuiles rouges et aux murs blanchis par la chaux et tapisses de pampres au-dessus de la porte, s'élèvent au penchant de tous les coteaux et fument au fond de toutes les gorges.

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704) provides the historical context of philosophers like Descartes who appear to be timeless. He exposed the political philosophy, the epistemology, the philosophy of history and the theology of his time against the prejudice that thinkers have to be solipsistic. Bossuet reconciled rationality and Biblical authority when the Enlightenment threatened to divorce them. This is true for his political philosophy and for his philosophical psychology. Knowing worldly power helps fathom the divine order, and knowing the human intellect fosters philosophical piety towards God.0Paul Richard Blum is T.J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, USA. He studied philosophy in Germany and Italy and taught in Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Besides Renaissance philosophy he specializes in early modern scholasticism.0Hans-Christian Günther is professor for classics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. He has widely published on Greek and Roman philosophy and literature, Byzantine and modern Greek studies. Recently he has been more and more interested in intercultural studies, ethics and international politics.

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