Hippocrates reminds us that medicine is an art. Confusing medicine, which presupposes an empirical relationship between patient and doctor, with hard science is a misunderstanding that leads to the objectification of the other. Totalitarianism, which precisely seeks to objectify the human, necessarily engenders an ideology of "scientific" medicine bordering on sectarian blindness.

Last week was dedicated to André Suarès's commitments against totalitarianism and his invitation to travel. This week we offer you another part of Suarès' work, Remedies for the Free Spirit. With our greatest wish: to encourage you to (re)discover his books.