The Singer and the Philosopher

Rue du Moulin

As agreed, you are seated to attend the recital of the singer. As agreed, she comes on stage. As agreed, she begins to sing. As agreed... ah! no... she is interrupted by a strange dandy, powdery, perruled, dressed in the fashion of the 17th century. “I am François Poullain de la Barre, philosopher and disciple of Descartes.” Not as agreed (or perhaps in the end), the singer and the philosopher exchange with the audience, in thoughts and in music, about gender equality. Striking (or visionary?) that a philosopher of the 17th century...