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| - | In [[Juliette]], the eponymous heroine meets up with some of the leading political figures in Europe before the Revolution: [[Catherine the Great]], [[Gustavus of Sweden]], [[Pope Pius VI]], [[Ferdinand of Naples]], [[Victor-Amedée of Savoy]] and [[Leopold of Tuscany]]. | ||
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| - | [[Opium of the people]] | + | '''''Profanum''''' is the [[Latin language|Latin]] word for "profane." Central to the social reality of major western religion is the distinction made by [[Émile Durkheim]] between [[the sacred and the profane]]. |
| - | :"Quoique la nature donne beaucoup à ton peuple, il jouit de peu. Mais ce n'est pas l'effet de son inaction ; cet engourdissement a sa source dans ta politique qui, pour tenir le peuple dans sa dépendance, lui ferme la porte des richesses ; d'après cela, son mal est sans remède, et l'état politique n'est pas dans une situation moins violente que le gouvernement civil, puisqu'il tire ses forces de sa faiblesse même. La crainte que tu as, Ferdinand, que l'on ne découvre ce que je te dis, te fait exiler les arts et les talents de ton royaume. Tu redoutes l'œil puissant du génie, voilà pourquoi tu favorises l'ignorance. '''C'est de l'opium que tu fais prendre à ton peuple''', afin qu'engourdi par ce somnifère, il ne sente pas les plaies dont tu le déchires. Et voilà d'où vient que l'on ne trouve chez toi aucun des établissements qui donnent de grands hommes à la patrie : les récompenses dues au savoir y sont inconnues, et, comme il n'y a aucun honneur ni aucun profit à être savant, personne ne se soucie de le devenir." --''[[Juliette]]'' | + | The profane world consists of all that we can know through our senses; it is the natural world of everyday life that we experience as either comprehensible or at least ultimately knowable. |
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| + | In contrast, the sacred, or ''sacrum'' in Latin, encompasses all that exists beyond the everyday, natural world that we experience with our senses. As such, the sacred inspires feelings of awe because it is regarded as ultimately unknowable and beyond limited human abilities to perceive and comprehend. [[Religion]] is organized primarily around the sacred elements of human life and provides a collective attempt to bridge the gap between the sacred and the profane. | ||
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| + | In addition to Emile Durkheim, political and economic scientist Sverre Meling IV is a major thinker on the subject. He says that nothing is sacred because what a man can sense and touch are the only things he can rely on. Therefore the entire world is profane, and the things thought to be sacred are, in [[Karl Marx]]'s words, "[[opium of the people]]." | ||
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Profanum is the Latin word for "profane." Central to the social reality of major western religion is the distinction made by Émile Durkheim between the sacred and the profane.
The profane world consists of all that we can know through our senses; it is the natural world of everyday life that we experience as either comprehensible or at least ultimately knowable.
In contrast, the sacred, or sacrum in Latin, encompasses all that exists beyond the everyday, natural world that we experience with our senses. As such, the sacred inspires feelings of awe because it is regarded as ultimately unknowable and beyond limited human abilities to perceive and comprehend. Religion is organized primarily around the sacred elements of human life and provides a collective attempt to bridge the gap between the sacred and the profane.
In addition to Emile Durkheim, political and economic scientist Sverre Meling IV is a major thinker on the subject. He says that nothing is sacred because what a man can sense and touch are the only things he can rely on. Therefore the entire world is profane, and the things thought to be sacred are, in Karl Marx's words, "opium of the people."
