Rémi Brague

Rémi Brague, married with four children and six grandchildren, is a member of the Institut de France (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques) and emeritus professor of philosophy at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (Munich). He has written ten books, which are available in English.

June 25, 2026
Politics & Law

June 25, 2026
250th, American Founding, Democracy, Interviews, Politics

Are These Truths Really Self-Evident? A Q&A with Rémi Brague

By Nathaniel Peters and Rémi Brague

Perhaps something in the American tradition could help us Europeans out of the lurch: the ability to change, to realize what had been wrongly done and understand that they urgently have to undo it.

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