In antiquity, the Platonic philosopher Plutarch had already launched a major indictment against meat-eaters. He believed that eating meat was a matter of culinary pleasure, not a necessity for survival: as omnivores, humans can nourish themselves as they see fit. In De esu carnium, Plutarch states: "We have no reason to kill in order to eat."

In order to achieve its genocidal ambitions, totalitarianism constantly strives to strip us of our humanity. Yet, it is easy to lose our compassion, worn down by repeated harassment: I might even wish that the next blows would fall on someone else rather than me. Augustine urges us to do the same: above all, we must not become desensitized. Christ lived through his trials with his full sensitivity.

Two years after its publication, Ariane Bilheran's essay Psychopathologie du Totalitarisme: sommes-nous dans une dérive totalitaire (Psychopathology of totalitarianism: are we in totalitarian drift?) is more relevant than ever. In 2023, the philosopher and clinical psychologist analyzed the drivers of the Covid crisis management. She showed how, through the widespread use of fear as a political tool, segregation (vaccinated/unvaccinated), censorship, and denunciation, the Cov

Today we feel that something is happening to redefine humanity. Faced with the advances of transhumanist ideology and its totalitarian ambitions to create a "new man", a clever combination of man and machine, the wisest among us will undoubtedly remind us — and thus shout themselves hoarse in vain in the wilderness — that humanity cannot delude itself into thinking it is being redefined, while its nature endures, immutable, through the centuries, as do the tragic, and sometim

The ancient lights Among the countless legacies we have inherited from Greek and Roman civilizations, I would like to speak here about rationality. What is rationality? It is the primacy of reason in human interactions, that is, the necessity of discussing everything, of debating with one goal in mind: not to determine who is right, but to assess the soundness of our arguments, based on logical truths and factual truths.

Digital prison, "facial recognition", the world of robots, "proof of humanity", and transhumanism hostile to humankind... This Unicorn #23 invites you to take stock of this digital totalitarianism currently being downloaded. As we swim in the midst of "normopathology," a concept I define as an era where madness becomes the norm, the questions of Kantian metaphysics deserve to be asked. What can I know? What should I do? What am I allowed to hope for?

We can think of Ajax who, disappointed at having been deprived of Achilles' weapons in favor of Ulysses, descends into furious madness and massacres a flock of sheep, believing them to be the leaders of the Greek army, before committing suicide when he regains his senses.

For this Unicorn No. 21, we will analyze the gradual establishment of global totalitarianism. Because, while the masses are entertained, sometimes on official media, sometimes on alternative media, sometimes with various and varied television series, and episodes with twists, such as the dispute between this and that President...

We know the cardinal virtues, which were already praised by philosophers long before Christianity, notably by Plato and Aristotle: prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude. In this Licorne (Unicorn) n°20, I suggest you examine this curious virtue: strength. Sometimes referred to as "virtus", sometimes as "fortitudo", it seems to be the pivotal virtue of all the other virtues.

"Misomusia", the hatred of art, consists of diverting art from the realm of art, of uprooting it from the aesthetic realm. When we see today the different "works" that are offered to us, in public exhibitions, or even in literature, we perfectly understand what Milan Kundera meant.

For this Unicorn No. 18, we continue our investigations into the Seven Sages of Greek Antiquity and their maxims. The adage "Prudence in all things" (Μελέτη τὸ πᾶν) is attributed to Periander of Corinth. Beyond understanding this maxim, we can ask ourselves how it was possible that Greek Antiquity could award this bloodthirsty tyrant the title of "Sage," among the seven great sages of Antiquity? It is to this reflection that I invite you...

During my Neoplatonic Academies in the spring of 2025, I had the joy of welcoming Lise, an 80-year-old Canadian, who gave me the immense gift of sharing her secrets with me. These secrets are a resolution to allow us to accept old age, this path that awaits us all (barring an early accident in life), which we so often fear, which our society does not want to hear about, since it flees the degradation of our body of flesh like a pestilential disease.

The all-out development of "artificial intelligence" (AI) and the enthusiasm it generates must be the object of our greatest attention.   The first alarm we should have is the hook method used to encourage the population to make rapid and major use of it.

Reducing human life to a "price" is to strip it of all its dignity. Yet this is what we clearly see today: we must eliminate the sick, the useless, the unproductive from a capitalist point of view. But what about human beings when AI has replaced them and they have become completely useless in terms of economic profitability? At best, some will take care of serving the machine that dominates them, with maintenance jobs.

The author of this precept "never stand surety" is Thales of Miletus (Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος), whose name has survived through the centuries. Greek philosopher and scholar, born in Miletus around 625-620 BC, died around 548-545 BC, still in Miletus, he is best known for his scientific reasoning! Legend has it that this mathematician and philosopher of nature spent time in Egypt, where he was initiated into Egyptian and Babylonian science through the teachings of the priests.

The human epic through the ages is mysterious… And sometimes, I find myself thinking about what our humanity would have become without these men and women who, often anonymous and silent, worked to preserve it as best they could, even to the point of performing miracles. It is one of these miracles that I am about to tell you about…

Just as the death drive was reaching its highest expression in France, with the so-called "euthanasia" law, passed on May 27, 2025, I had an unexpected encounter, in an unsuspected place, which appeared to me like a powerful beam of light sweeping away this darkness in its path. Fiat lux.

Authority is linked to responsibility, which means knowing how to answer, both for oneself and for the world. This is also how it is linked to the power of speech. Demonstrating authority necessarily means knowing how to answer for one's actions. However, when everyone in the organization disclaims responsibility, they are no longer the author of their actions and take refuge in the anonymity of the crowd ("it's not me, it's everyone").

This wisdom of "nothing in excess" calls upon the physical, emotional, and psychological life of the individual. It is a daily practice of spiritual life, intimately linked to self-knowledge and scrupulous observation of oneself, and in particular of one's own needs.

In a first analysis, entitled The Controlled Opposition or the Yellow Union, dated January 21, 2024 in Antipresse, I described the methods for containing political opposition among the people and directing it towards paths that are less dangerous in the eyes of those in power. This popular opposition, thus controlled, must be guided by leaders who will render it, without its knowledge, totally harmless.