Madame De Staël and Freedom Today

Mal de meleda - through history and today.

Meleda disease is an indigenous dermatological disease classified as a hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma. The disease was first described on the island of Mljet, Croatia, by Luko Stulli in 1826. We present a historical review of the literature data throughout the centuries till today. Recently, the gene responsible for the disease has been identified on chromosome 8qter within the cluster of ...

Mirrors, Cross-dressing and Narcissism in Choisy’s Histoire de Madame la Comtesse des Barres

The Abbé de Choisy was one of the most intriguing figures in Louis XIII’s entourage and, most notably, Louis XIV’s court. A prolific author, he composed the Sun King’s memoirs, his own personal memoirs, and in his old age wrote an ambitious twelve volume-work entitled Histoire de l’Eglise. Although he led a ecclesiastic career, his writing and intellectual interests reached well beyond the Chur...

Scientific Verses: Subversion of Cartesian Theory and Practice in the "Discours a Madame de La Sabliere"

Verses: Subversion of Cartesian Theory and Practice in the "Discours a Madame de La Sabliere"" (1996).

Madame Magali DELMAS, Professeur à l’Université de California à Los Angeles (Rapporteur)

Freedom and Human Dignity

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