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Many of the ideas around liberty, equality and fraternity are radical, in the sense that they represent a challenge to existing patterns of social relationships. They are also central to contemporary political debates, in the sense that they address core perceptions of people and society.
Nov 30, 2007 · Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" first appeared during the French Revolution. Although it was often called into question, it finally established itself under the Third Republic.
Liberty must be restrained by custom and tradition if it is to endure; equality must be limited to equality before the law if it is to be just; and fraternity must include actual men, not the...
