"We can raise no other witness than that of powerlessness. The only hope is the improbable. We must resist," the philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin declared less than two months ago in a long interview in Le Monde, the last of the public appearances he was able to make before his death, in Paris, at the age of 104, after a prolific and highly recognized career spanning eight decades. Morin lamented "the catastrophic process underway" caused by actions such as those of "Trump and Netanyahu." Despite his concern "about the neo-authoritarian regression spreading throughout the world," the thinker — one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century and the first quarter of the 21st century — stated that he continued to "believe in humanity despite doubting it" and called for the urgent activation of "a conscious regenerationism of the identity of origin and the shared destiny of all humans.

Gregorio Luri (Azagra, Navarre, 1955) reads peacefully in the sun. The philosopher and educator, author of School is not an amusement park and The conservative imagination, received last Monday the Atlantis prize and is pleased with the publication of The dignity of mediocrity. A short philosophy of the unfinished. (Encounter, 2025). In both books and conversation, Luri uses quotations to weave together discourse and ideas. He does not do so—he assures us—or not only, for personal enjoyment, but because of the duty he believes we all have to transmit those things that help us understand the world a little better.

Daniel Tubau is a philosopher and writer. Publish Seven ways to achieve happiness according to the Greeks (Ariel), where he invites us to abandon slogans and return to the classics to consider what we might consider a happy life today.