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The destructive misanthrope is said to be driven by a hatred of humankind and aims at tearing it down, with violence if necessary. [7] [40] For the fugitive misanthrope, fear is the dominant emotion and leads the misanthrope to seek a secluded place in order to avoid the corrupting contact with civilization and humanity as much as possible. [7] [9]
French of the World – Democratic Association of French Abroad (French: Français du Monde – Association démocratique des Français de l'étranger, Français du Monde–ADFE), sometimes abbreviated as FdM–ADFE, is a French organisation representing French people living outside France with a worldwide presence. It was established in 1980.
Coquille's writings were all published posthumously. They include the Institutions au droit des Francois, ou Nouvelle Conférence des Coutumes de France (1607) and the Questions et responses sur les Coutumes de France (1611). These works attempted to cover the laws of France comprehensively without respect to their origin in the common law or ...
The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover (French: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; French pronunciation: [lə mizɑ̃tʁɔp u latʁabilɛːʁ amuʁø]) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players. [1]
Demi-monde is a French 19th-century term referring to women on the fringes of respectable society, and specifically to courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. [1] The term is French for "half-world", and derives from an 1855 play called Le Demi-Monde, by Alexandre Dumas fils, [2] dealing with the way that prostitution at that time threatened the institution of marriage.
Jean d'Alembert. Letter to M. d'Alembert on Spectacles (French: Lettre à M. d'Alembert sur les spectacles) is a 1758 essay written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in opposition to an article published in the Encyclopédie by Jean d'Alembert that proposed the establishment of a theatre in Geneva.
Weak institutions with low enforcement or low sustainability led to the deterioration of democratic institutions in Madagascar [45] and the erosion of economic structures in China. [46] Another area of interest for modern scholars is de facto (informal) institutions as opposed to de jure (formal) institutions in observing cross-country ...
French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé (second from the right) in Buenos Aires in 2019, at an event supported by Institut français d'Argentine. The Institut Français (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity fʁɑ̃sɛ]; French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial and commercial organization (EPIC).