Memory is not merely an archive of images and words, nor a repository of events stratified over time. It is the very substance of our consciousness, the invisible thread that binds us to the past and enables us to imagine a different future. Without memory, the human being is reduced to an isolated moment, devoid of continuity and...
The question of the origins of human perversion has lingered through the centuries like an unsolved enigma, a knot that ties together theology, philosophy, and anthropology . It is a question that not only probes guilt , but also touches the very heart of human freedom . If the cause of evil lies not in God, nor in nothingness, nor in...
In recent months, public debate has brought the memory of the Holocaust back to the forefront, not only as a commemoration of the victims, but as an urgent reflection on the dynamics of propaganda and authoritarianism that, then as now, threaten human dignity. The Holocaust was not only the systematic extermination of six million Jews at the hands of...
The Mirabal sisters are the eternal symbol of female resistance against violence and oppression. Their sacrifice on November 25, 1960, is not just a memorial: it is a warning to us to never lower our gaze. Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal were born in the Dominican Republic , and at a time when women were often denied...
When you mock figures like Enzo Iacchetti, Carmen Consoli , and so many other artists who have earned the affection and respect of Italians , you don't just attack them personally. You attack our collective ability to recognize human value and artistic greatness . It's an insult that doesn't stop at the immediate target...
Entering a garden, or a house that seems more like a theater than a dwelling, is always a philosophical act. Not because a system of thought lies hidden within, but because every threshold forces us to choose: stay outside, or enter. It is in this suspended space that sophistry finds its most fertile ground, because there the truth...
Our age continues to measure parenthood through biological coordinates: blood, genealogy, sex. Yet, these categories are increasingly proving inadequate to describe the essence of "mothering" or "fathering." A sperm isn't enough to generate a father, a uterus isn't enough to generate a mother. The...
Ognina, an ancient seaside village near Catania , with its colorful houses and narrow streets soaked in salty air, is now undergoing a transformation that threatens to erase its identity. The area, formally protected by landscape regulations , has been subject to changes to the master plan that have allowed for new construction and investment...
" The self is fiction ." With this provocative statement, Nancy Huston invites us to reconsider one of the most deeply rooted concepts in our culture: personal identity. In her essay L'espèce fabulatrice (2008) , the French-Canadian writer explores the narrative nature of human beings, arguing that what we call " the self " is nothing more than a...
The death of another man calls me to account. It's not a phrase for morning meditation: it's a shock. Emmanuel Lévinas doesn't offer us comfort, he accuses us. He tells us that every time another dies— in solitude, indifference, abandonment —we are there. Not as spectators, but as potential accomplices. Because silence is not...
