Category Archives: France

Perfection

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Not walking the talk

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Paris in the springtime

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First Stalingrad, then Berlin

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Age: drachma 3000 years, euro 10

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Voltaire vindicated

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   1 March 2010 FRENCH GENOCIDE LAW OUTLAWED The French Constitutional Council has thrown out a law … Continue reading

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Ἂριστον μὲν ὕδωρ³

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Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 2)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 February 2012 FROM EPICURUS TO KARATZAFERIS Что делать? What is to be done? That … Continue reading

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L’Être et le Néant

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

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