All these people, these powerful figures, possess things. They own property, land, titles. They are important people. Their greatest fear is being stripped of these things, which would nevertheless be the beginning of their initiatory journey, that of learning to detach themselves from earthly attachments.

We could also mention the rejection of Madame Bovary by his contemporaries, who considered it an immoral novel, with a style that was too dry… Le Figaro wrote about Madame Bovary: "Monsieur Flaubert is not a writer!"

According to one of the seven sages of Antiquity, Bias of Priene, "Most men are wicked". It is perhaps worth revisiting this maxim today to grasp its full depth... and its warnings!

power that loses its authority descends into violence. And this violence "from above" is mirrored by violence "from below", which will in turn be used by the "top" to legitimize its oppression. This is the phase some countries will enter, while others are already there. What is the possible way out of this vicious circle?