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.

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.