Charlotte Casiraghi, President of the Monaco Philosophical Meetings, and Robert Maggiori, philosopher and founding member, together presented their book “Archipelago of the passions” at the Princess Grace Theatre on Thursday, April 12.

Published by Éditions du Seuil on March 1, 2018, this treatise on passions, is the result of many conversations between the former student and her teacher, who became friends over time. It is built around forty passions, such as: Love, Cruelty, Patience, Modesty, Disgust, Adoration, Admiration, Arrogance, Mercy, Fraternity, Sweetness, Boredom, Sadness, and Jealousy.

“Everyone can appropriate the book and discover themselves in all the chapters, the list of emotions is long and other entries could have been added. In this sense, there is no end, the rest remains open, Charlotte Casiraghi said.

Robert Maggiori insisted on the very personal aspect of the book: “no text has been written without our being fully involved.”

Together, they hope that “Archipelago of passions” will be accessible to all because:
“No one can say that they are a stranger to philosophy, it does not provide advice but it helps to understand oneself. Everyone is concerned.”