FAMOUS CRIMINAL PHRASES: LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ
FAMOUS CRIMINAL PHRASES: LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ

Summary/Abstract: The history of mankind has recorded numerous proverbial phrases of great cultural significance. Thepresent study aims to highlight some of them by focusing on phrases with socio-political significance. Byenumerating some of them, we will retain only one for further discussion, considering the example chosenenlightening for our intention of carrying out a much broader study. From the ancient divide et impera orthe mediaeval limpieza de sangre, under the scrutiny of the Inquisition pyres, moving on, to the modernage, to find phrases such as liberté, égalité, fraternité, arbeit macht frei, что де́лать?, or time is money.Beyond the universal “loudness” of these phrases, they conceal discrimination and crimes againsthumanity and, at the same time, speak volumes of the character of the peoples from which they emanated.In order to illustrate these theses, the present paper will focus on the phrase Freedom, Fraternity, Equality.

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