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Brague, Rémi

1947

French philosopher, member of the Académie française, specialist in medieval philosophy and the philosophy of culture; known for his analysis of European identity and the relationship between reason and religion

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Topics

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Books

• Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization (1992)
• What Is Distinctive to Man (2023)
• On Religion (2018)

Quotes

• Europe Digests and Transmits
• Europe Is an Eccentric Culture
• Human Dignity Grounded in What Is Distinctive
• Ethics Is Uniquely Human
• The Teleological Dimension of Human Existence
• Reason as the Distinctive Human Capacity
• The Human Capacity for Self-Distancing
• Europe Includes What Is Not Originally Its Own
• What Makes Religion Religion
• Religion as Gratitude
• The Modern Challenge to Religion
• Religion Cannot Be Reduced to Morality
• Religion as the Source of Ethical Life
• Rome Transmits Rather Than Originates
• The Secondarity of European Culture

Photos

Rémi Brague, French philosopher © Peter Potrowl · CC BY-SA 4.0