Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the ...

Everybody loves free speech…until it is speech they disagree with. But if you really care about free speech, then you will live by what the French philosopher Voltaire said: “I may not agree with what ...

In the Age of Enlightenment, great philosophers would sit and ponder reality at classical French cafés. The likes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire and Denis Diderot would debate and discuss all ...

Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126. Voltaire, the French philosopher, was writing at ...

Paris has been called the "City of Lights" for centuries, but the story behind the nickname is brighter than you might think.

Edgar Laloum and Radjaa Aboudagga have just opened Sababa in Paris, offering bicultural culinary specialties. The two ...

Eighty-six French senators have signed a public appeal denouncing the alarming rise of anti-Christian acts in France.

This is an illustration from the preface of *Principles of Newtonian Philosophy*, co-authored in 1738 by French philosopher ...

The virus is found only in humans, not animals, and it doesn’t need much help to make trouble. A microscopic particle is enough to make you sick. Once ingested, it multiplies rapidly and exits just as ...

Miracles by definition defy science. But a new research effort attempts to understand what our experiences with them do to ...

On Friday, a French delegation visited the Dazu Rock Carvings UNESCO World Heritage site in Dazu district, Chongqing, where lutenist Alban Tixier and viola da gamba player Louise Tixier performed live ...