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Travel to see where the ideas were born, where the famous thinkers/ philosophers lived and wrote.

07/01/2026

Geneva,Switzerland.Jean Jacques Rousseau’s museum.

14/07/2025

Perugia, Umbria, Italy.
Aldo Capitini ( 12/23/1899- 10/19/1968) was an Italian philosopher, poet, political activist and educator known as « The Italian Gandhi », promoter of non- violence.

He was physically fragile and invalid.
He completed his Masters degree in philosophy in 1928.
He had created the concept « Peace from every balcony « which is still used today.

« I long to live in a manifold of duty and individuals…
I long to experience things in depth and nearness… because through depth and nearness I realize the center of reality « .

10/03/2025

Nietzsche’s Path. The village of Eze.
It takes 1 hour and a half to get from the train station Eze-Sur-Mer to the midivil village Eze and from the village back about 45 minutes.
Note: for the Europeans; for people outside the EU it takes much longer.
The walk is not easy.
The views are great !

21/08/2022

“A nation is not made wealthy by childish accumulation of shiny metals, but is enriched by the economic prosperity of it’s people”.

Adam Smith, Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher,Economist.

19/08/2022

John Locke was an English philosopher, one of the influential of English Enlightenment thinkers.
His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers as well as American revolutionaries.
“ I think I may say that of all the men we meet with nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not by their education “
John Locke.

01/08/2022

Voltaire’s museum in Geneva is wonderful. It has a library which is part of Geneva’s library. You can stay and read. The museum is free. It has an interesting historical vibe.
The building was used to be on the outskirts of Geneva. Voltaire lived in Geneva for 5 years, he was exiled from France.This was the Enlightenment period.
Voltaire eventually had to move to small French town called Ferney which is now called Ferney-Voltaire.
The theater was banned in Geneva and Voltaire was the big fan of theater.
A lot of famous people had visited him in Geneva and later in Ferney.

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