Benjamin Constant / Benjamin Constant de Rebecque / Philosophy #BenjaminConstant #InnaBesedina

@ TELEGRAM: “THERE ARE THINGS ONE DOES NOT SAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, ONCE THEY ARE SAID, ONE NEVER STOPS REPEATING THEM.“ BENJAMIN CONSTANT BENJAMIN CONSTANT WAS A FRANCO-SWISS POLITICAL THINKER, ACTIVIST AND WRITER ON POLITICAL THEORY AND RELIGION. A COMMITTED REPUBLICAN FROM 1795, HE BACKED THE COUP D'ÉTAT OF 18 FRUCTIDOR AND THE FOLLOWING ONE ON 18 BRUMAIRE. DURING THE CONSULAT, IN 1800 HE BECAME THE LEADER OF THE LIBERAL OPPOSITION. HAVING UPSET NAPOLEON AND LEFT FRANCE TO GO TO SWITZERLAND THEN TO THE KINGDOM OF SAXONY, CONSTANT NONETHELESS SIDED WITH HIM DURING THE HUNDRED DAYS AND BECAME POLITICALLY ACTIVE AGAIN DURING THE FRENCH RESTORATION. HE WAS A FERVENT CLASSICAL LIBERAL OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. HE REFINED THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY, DEFINING IT AS A CONDITION OF EXISTENCE THAT ALLOWED THE INDIVIDUAL TO TURN AWAY INTERFERENCE FROM THE STATE OR SOCIETY. HIS IDEAS INFLUENCED THE TRIENIO