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Souffrance

It's part of the journey. No one chose it, everyone knows it. Suffering can destroy — or transform. Philosophers looked it in the face, to better understand it.

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“On ne guérit d'une souffrance qu'à condition de l'éprouver pleinement.”

Original quote in French

Suggested translation

“One does not heal from suffering unless one fully experiences it.”

Proust

— À la recherche du temps perdu

“La vie oscille, comme un pendule, de droite à gauche, de la souffrance à l'ennui.”

Original quote in French

Suggested translation

“Life oscillates, like a pendulum, back and forth between suffering and boredom.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

— Le Monde comme volonté et comme représentation

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Résonances

Préparation de l’expérience éditoriale.