Disciple of Raymond Aron, of whom he was assistant at the College de France, honorary director of studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Pierre Manent devoted himself in particular to the study of political forms - tribe, city, empire, nation - and to the political, intellectual and religious history of the West. Several of his works, such as the
Intellectual History of Liberalism
and
The Metamorphoses of the City
, are classics.
The very little amusing comedy scene which has just taken place concerning the reopening of worship services is revealing of the sad state of our public life.
The government had proposed an obviously impractical "gauge", and so ridiculous it was an insult to those who were supposed to comply.
The president, who, to everyone's surprise, repeated it in his speech of November 24, informed the president of the French Bishops' Conference that same evening that it would be reviewed and that a new, more realistic gauge
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