<p>Biometrics is a collection of methods for identifying and authorizing individuals with something they are, or do. It is considered to be one of the most secure technologies for security, both physical and logical. Security is something very important for organizations today, but yet there has been a low interest in investing in biometrics for security in Sweden.</p><p>The purpose of this thesis has been to establish factors to why biometrics has not been implementedto any large extent, even though the technology has been around for long. We have evaluated the attitudes and views of individuals, as well as company leaders. Problem and questions with biometrics that often are discussed are privacy concerns, costs and ROI (return on investment) and user acceptance. Foremost there is a concern about the costs of implementing such a solution, although some claim that money can be saved by avoiding the costs in more traditional security methods, such as password administration and in security cards.</p><p>There is a range of different technologies to use, such as facial-scan, voice-scan and the most mature and well known technique, finger-scan which has been around for a long time, especially for identifying criminals. All these techniques have there positive and negative sides, often measured in different levels of universality, uniqueness, permanence and collectability, e.g. eye-scan has a high uniqueness, facial-scan has a high universability and signature-scan has a low permanence level.</p><p>We have collected our data through interviews with companies and suppliers of biometric systems as well as a questionnaire given to private persons. By interpreting the data in a qualitative way we have made our analysis and reached a conclusion.</p><p>Our result shows that a cost related to biometric solutions is the largest reason why investments have been absent. This verifies the results of other authors, that the cost is the largest obstacle. Another important factor is that companies believe that biometrics is for organizations with a very high security need. Further our result show that individuals are positive towards biometrics.</p> / <p>Biometri är ett samlingsnamn för tekniker som identifierar och auktoriserar individer, antingen något de är eller gör. Biometri anses vara en av de säkraste teknologierna för säkerhet, både fysisk och logisk. Säkerhet är något som är mycket viktigt för organisationer i dagens läge, men än så länge så har investeringar i biometriska säkerhetslösningar i Sverige uteblivit. Syftet med denna magisteruppsats har varit att fastställa faktorer som bidrar till att biometriska lösningar inte har blivit implementerade i någon större utsträckning, trots att teknologin har funnits länge. Vi har utvärderat individers samt företagsledares attityder och synsätt angående biometri.</p><p>Frågor och problem som ofta relateras till biometri är personligintegritet, kostnader och avkastning på investering samt användaracceptans. Framförallt är det osäkerheten kring kostnaderna av en implementering av en biometrisklösning. Det finns även de som hävdar att biometriska lösningar kan spara pengar jämfört med traditionella system därför att man undviker till exempel lösenordsadministration och passerkort.</p><p>Det finns en rad olika tekniker att använda, exempelvis ansiktsavläsning, röstigenkänning och den mest mogna och kända tekniken, fingeravtrycksläsning som har existerat en längre tid, framförallt för att identifiera kriminella. Det finns positiva och negativa sidor med alla dessa tekniker, de mäts oftast i olika nivåer av hur många som kan använda det, hur unikt biometrin är, beständighet och hur biometrin samlas in.</p><p>Genom intervjuer med företag och leverantörer av biometriska lösningar samt en utdelad enkät till privat personer har vi samlat in data. Vi har sedan tolkat data kvalitativt och utfört vår analys och slutligen kommit fram till ett resultat.</p><p>Vårt resultat har visat att kostnader relaterade till biometriska system är det största skälet till varför investeringar har uteblivit. Detta bekräftar vad många andra författare tidigare har funnit, att kostnaderna är det största hindret. En annan viktig faktor är att företag anser att biometri är något för verksamheter som kräver den allra högsta säkerheten. Vidare har individer en positiv inställning till biometri.</p>

HIV and AIDS is the most prevalent and destructive pandemic to occur in South Africa's recorded history. Due to the increase of infection and deaths rates within the South African Police Services, the Peer Education programme was developed as a prevention strategy to deal with the scourge of HIV and AIDS. The programme came into being as a result of the strategic alliance between the South African Police Services and the South African Civil Military Alliance on HIV and AIDS, which led to the South African Defence Force HIV and AIDS programme being aligned to meet SAPS challenges. An external consultant was appointed to oversee the alignment which resulted in the Peer Education programme being identified as a strategy to fight the scourge of HIV and AIDS in the South African Police Services. This programme is an integral part of the Police Social Work Services personnel capacity building programmes. A comprehensive study into the programme's effect and return on investment (ROI) was undertaken in 2001. This thesis will report on the effect of the HIV and AIDS Peer education programme as well as its return on investment coefficient. Objectives The primary aim of the study was to determine the effect of the HIV and AIDS Peer Education programme on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of SAPS employees, as well as the programme's return on investment coefficient. Method The study used an experimental research design and triangulation. It involved an average of 294 SAPS employees (228 for the experimental groups and 66 for the comparison groups) with 32 social workers presenting the programme. The programme was also subjected to a structured and comprehensive return on investment analysis. Results Through the triangulation of measurements it was ascertained that the HIV and AIDS Peer education programme had a practical significant effect on the employees' knowledge, attitude and behaviour and improved their personal and professional well-being. The Return on Investment analysis conducted indicated that the programme was of financial benefit to the South African Police Services in comparison with the input by the organisation and the output realised as a result of the activities of the Peer Educators. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Social work))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

HIV and AIDS is the most prevalent and destructive pandemic to occur in South Africa's recorded history. Due to the increase of infection and deaths rates within the South African Police Services, the Peer Education programme was developed as a prevention strategy to deal with the scourge of HIV and AIDS. The programme came into being as a result of the strategic alliance between the South African Police Services and the South African Civil Military Alliance on HIV and AIDS, which led to the South African Defence Force HIV and AIDS programme being aligned to meet SAPS challenges. An external consultant was appointed to oversee the alignment which resulted in the Peer Education programme being identified as a strategy to fight the scourge of HIV and AIDS in the South African Police Services. This programme is an integral part of the Police Social Work Services personnel capacity building programmes. A comprehensive study into the programme's effect and return on investment (ROI) was undertaken in 2001. This thesis will report on the effect of the HIV and AIDS Peer education programme as well as its return on investment coefficient. Objectives The primary aim of the study was to determine the effect of the HIV and AIDS Peer Education programme on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of SAPS employees, as well as the programme's return on investment coefficient. Method The study used an experimental research design and triangulation. It involved an average of 294 SAPS employees (228 for the experimental groups and 66 for the comparison groups) with 32 social workers presenting the programme. The programme was also subjected to a structured and comprehensive return on investment analysis. Results Through the triangulation of measurements it was ascertained that the HIV and AIDS Peer education programme had a practical significant effect on the employees' knowledge, attitude and behaviour and improved their personal and professional well-being. The Return on Investment analysis conducted indicated that the programme was of financial benefit to the South African Police Services in comparison with the input by the organisation and the output realised as a result of the activities of the Peer Educators. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Social work))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Düsseldorf, 1979-1980. / Bibliogr. p. 198-208.

Etudier l'image de Louis XIV n’est pas nouveau. Explorer le discours sur sa personne l‘est davantage. La thématique « comment parle-t-on de Louis XIV? » sera préférée à la sempiternelle question « comment Louis XIV a-t-il fait parler de lui? ». Le processus (célébrer le roi) compte autant que le résultat (l'image du roi). Ce phénomène est souvent réduit à une vaste opération de communication. Contester que celui-ci produit une image serait une erreur. Néanmoins, réévaluer sa dimension d’hommage au roi parait indispensable. Le terme « célébration » rend compte, mieux que toute autre, de cette dualité. La célébration de Louis XIV peut être étudiée en s’écartant des matériaux traditionnels, grâce aux sermons et oraisons funèbres. En les confortant aux divertissements, la louange au roi apparait alors dans son étendue et sa complexité. Un premier chapitre définit la louange entre promotion du roi et rituel socioculturel, examine comment celle-ci a pénétré tel ou tel type de divertissements, de sermons et d‘oraisons funèbres, notamment grâce à un univers culturel commun par-delà leurs différences respectives. Un second chapitre s'intéresse aux acteurs de la louange, tente de les identifier, de pénétrer leurs motivations sans omettre le roi qui dansa dans les ballets et montra son intérêt pour les divertissements. Enfin, une étude des destinataires, souvent les mêmes dans les différents genres, complète ce panorama.Un dernier chapitre porte sur le portrait du roi, tel qu’il ressort de la louange. Celui-ci peut être approche avec la théorie du double corps du roi ou par l’idéal du roi absolu s’épanouissant sous Louis XIV. La réception de cette image, par ceux à qui elle était destinée, mérite d’être posée, ouvrant différentes problématiques, telle la possibilité d’un regard critique ou les modalités d'accueil des différents textes et de la louange elle-même. / The study of Louis XIV’s image is not new. Exploring the speeches on his Person is it more. "How do people talk about Louis XIV “will be preferred to the age old question” how did Louis XIV get himself talked about". The way it proceeds (celebrating the king) matters as much as the result (the image of the king). This phenomenon is often contemplated and reduced to a vast operation of communication. Challenging that it gives rise to an image (representation) would be wrong. Nevertheless it appears essential to reassess its contribution to the homage to the king. The term "celebration" highlights that duality. The celebration of Louis XIV can be studied irrespective of traditional work materials but through preaches and funeral orations. Together with entertainments, the praise to the king then appears in all its extent and complexity.The first chapter describes the praise as a way to promote the king as well as a social cultural rite. It focuses on how the praise has penetrated some entertainments, preaches and funeral orations in a common cultural universe beyond their respective differences. A second chapter investigates more specifically the actors of the praise with an attempt to identify those actors, to penetrate their motivations without forgetting that Louis XIV has danced in the ballets and took pleasure and interest in entertainments. Finally a study of the public often comprising the same people complete the study. The last chapter is devoted to the portrait of the king in the praise. It is possible to come close to this portrait with the theory of the king's two bodies or by the widely spread idealized image of an absolute monarch. The feeling of those people for whom the image was intended deserves to be asked. It thus leaves room for certain issues such as a possibility of critical analysis by public or patterns of acceptance of the various texts and of the praise itself.

Issus d’une dynastie de maîtres maçons et d’architectes établis à Dreux vers 1500-1516, les frères Louis et Clément Métézeau sont des architectes français actifs de la fin du XVIe siècle à la première moitié du XVIIe. La carrière du premier, Louis (vers 1563 ?-1615), essentiellement parisienne, se confond avec le règne d’Henri IV et se prolonge jusqu’en 1615 sous la régence de Marie de Médicis. En 1594, il fut chargé de superviser tous les chantiers royaux et fut, à ce titre, un des principaux acteurs de la reconstruction et de la modernisation du royaume. Son frère cadet, Clément (1581-1652), suivit ses traces : un temps au service des ducs de Lorraine et de Nevers, il revint en France où il devint à partir de 1615 un des architectes et ingénieurs ordinaires du roi Louis XIII puis de son frère Gaston d’Orléans. Il répondit aussi à de nombreuses commandes privées, tant civiles que religieuses, mais c’est la digue de La Rochelle qui fit sa renommée.A partir de documents d’archives inédits et d’une iconographie plus riche qu’on pourrait imaginer a priori, cette thèse restitue et réévalue les carrières méconnues de ces deux architectes. Une lecture critique des sources inédites rétablit la chronologie de chacune de leurs œuvres et s’attache à répondre aux problèmes récurrents d’attribution. Elle met aussi l’accent sur la polyvalence de ces artistes qu’elle replace au sein même de la communauté artistique parisienne de l’époque. Elle tente enfin de définir, pour chacun, un style architectural mis en regard avec la production des « ancêtres » de la dynastie, puis avec celle de leurs confrères. / Born into a dynasty of builders and architects settled in Dreux around 1500-1516, the brothers Louis and Clément Métézeau are French architects of the end of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century. The career of the elder, Louis (ca. 1563?-1615), essentially concentrated around Paris, parallels with the reign of Henri IV and continues until 1615 under the regency of Marie de Médicis. In 1594, he was chosen to supervise all the royal building sites. He was one of the major actors of the reconstruction and the modernisation of the kingdom. His younger brother, Clément (1581-1652), followed his example. After working for the dukes of Lorraine and Nevers, he came back to France where he became in 1615 one of the ordinary architects and engineers of the king Louis XIII and his brother Gaston d’Orléans. He carried on several private projects, both civil and religious, but he became famous with his dike of La Rochelle.Using unpublished archive documents, this dissertation revives the unknown careers of both of these architects. A critical reading of the sources provides us with a new chronology of their works and tries to answer the numerous questions concerning their works, especially the recurrent issues of the attribution of their buildings.

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Para isso, buscou-se identificar diferen?as bacterianas quando submetidas a uma fonte de estresse a partir de diferentes t?cnicas anal?ticas. A primeira abordagem foi realizada partindo da bioespectroscopia, utilizando-se de dados espectrosc?picos obtidos na regi?o do infravermelho. A bioespectroscopia na regi?o do infravermelho ? descrita como uma t?cnica n?o invasiva, de alto rendimento, baixo custo (quando comparado com t?cnica padr?es de an?lise) e objetivas, e que possui um enorme potencial na an?lise de bact?rias, complementando ou mesmo substituindo m?todos de diagn?stico de doen?as convencionalmente conduzidos por especialistas atrav?s de m?todos padr?es de an?lises de alto custo e que necessitam de reagentes espec?ficos. Os dados obtidos a partir da bioespectroscopia em amostras bacterianas s?o complexos e apresentam muitas bandas de sobreposi??o sendo necess?ria a aplica??o de ferramentas matem?ticas para superar estas dificuldades. Para isso, algumas ferramentas matem?ticas, como os m?todos de sele??o de vari?veis, que utilizam a an?lise discriminante linear com Algoritmo de Proje??o Sucessiva (SPA-LDA) e Algoritmo Gen?tico (GA-LDA), geralmente s?o utilizadas com a finalidade de facilitando a extra??o de informa??es relevantes. A espectroscopia na regi?o do infravermelho, em espec?fico infravermelho pr?ximo (NIR) e infravermelho com trasformata de Fourier e reflect?ncia total atenuada (ATR-FTIR), em conjunto com m?todos de sele??o de vari?veis (SPA-LDA e GA-LDA) foram utilizadas na discrimina??o de amostras de bact?rias (Sthaphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoneae e Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Foram identificados prov?veis biomarcadores como lip?deos e prote?nas em ~1550 cm-1 e 1400 cm-1 e vibra??es de DNA em ~1080 cm-1. Valores de sensibilidade de 75% e 95% para modelos de SPA-LDA e 100% e 93% para modelos GA-LDA foram encontrados. Com base nesses resultados, pode-se concluir que o SPA-LDA e GA-LDA em conjunto com a espectroscopia na regi?o do infravermelho mostraram-se ferramentas eficientes melhorando o tempo e custo de diagn?stico possibilitando o tratamento mais r?pido em rela??o aos m?todos padr?es de diagn?stico e, consequentemente, sendo poss?vel evitar a evolu??o de uma poss?vel infec??o. A segunda abordagem foi avaliar poss?veis mudan?as no perfil lipid?mico de bact?rias resultante de sua exposi??o a uma fonte de estresse externa (Ars?nio (III)), utilizando as cianobact?rias Anabaena sp. e Planktothrix agardhii. Os dados foram obtidos a partir a Cromatografia L?quida- Espectrometria de Massas (LC-MS) que por gerar uma matriz de dados muito extensa foi necess?ria a utiliza??o de uma estrat?gia de sele??o proposta recentemente, definida como ROI (do ingl?s regions of interests) que diminui significativamente o tamanho da matriz de dados obtidas por LC-MS. Resolu??o Multivariada de Curvas com M?nimos Quadrados Alternantes (MCR-ALS) foi utilizado como m?todo de resolu??o das fontes de varia??o, recuperando as informa??es de seus componentes puros que se encontravam misturadas. As massas majorit?rias encontradas, sendo algumas delas 766.54, 565.40 e 871.56 (m/z), determinam que as cianobact?rias estudadas, ao serem submetidas a As(III), sofrem mudan?as relacionadas a estruturas que comp?em os processos fotossint?ticos das mesmas. / This doctoral thesis is a theoretical-practical contribution for the development of studies that use bioanalytical, particularly biological materials from bacteria, which can be isolated, DNA, among others, in conjunction with chemistry analysis tools. For this, it was sought to identify bacterial differences when submitted to a source of stress from different analytical techniques. The first approach was based on biospectroscopy, using spectroscopic data obtained in the infrared region. Biospectroscopy in the infrared region is described as a non-invasive, high-throughput, low-cost (when compared with standard analytical techniques) and objective techniques, and has a huge potential in the analysis of bacteria, complementing or even replacing diagnostic methods of diseases conventionally conducted by skilled persons by standard methods of expensive analyzes and requiring specific reagents. The data obtained from biospectroscopy in bacterial samples are complex and have many overlapping bands and it is necessary to apply mathematical tools to overcome these difficulties. For this, some mathematical tools, such as variable selection methods, using Linear Discriminant Analysis with Successive Projection Algorithm (SPA-LDA) and Genetic Algorithm (GA-LDA), are generally used for the purpose of solving these data, facilitating the extraction of information. Infrared spectroscopy, in specific Near Infrared (NIR) and infrared spectroscopy with Fourier transform and Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR- FTIR), in conjunction with variable selection methods (SPA-LDA and GA-LDA) was used in the discrimination of bacterial samples (Sthaphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoneae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Possible biomarkers such as lipids and proteins were identified at ~ 1550 cm -1 and 1400 cm -1 and DNA vibrations at ~ 1080 cm -1. Sensitivity values of 75% and 95% for SPA-LDA models and 100% and 93% for GA-LDA models were found. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the SPA-LDA and GA- LDA in conjunction with the infrared spectroscopy showed efficient tools improving the time and cost of diagnosis allowing the treatment faster than the standard methods of diagnosis, and consequently, it is possible to avoid the evolution of a possible infection. The second approach was to evaluate possible changes in the lipid profile of bacteria resulting from its exposure to an external stress source (Arsenic (III)), using the cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. and Planktothrix agardhii. The data were obtained from Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), which, in order to generate a very extensive data matrix, required the use of a recent selection strategy, defined as ROI (regions of interest), which significantly decreased the Size of the data matrix obtained by LC-MS. Multivariate Curve Resolution - Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS) was used as a method to solve variation sources, retrieving the information of its pure components that were mixed. The majority masses found, such as 766.54, 565.40 and 871.56 (m/z), determine that the studied cyanobacteria, when subjected to As (III), undergo changes related to structures that make up the photosynthetic processes of the same.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude approfondie des représentations de l’un des plus grands rois de l’Ancien Testament : le Roi David. Ce travail doctoral s’efforcera d’étudier cette figure biblique dans les arts de la fin du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance en Europe. Les Saintes Écritures relatent la vie mouvementée de cet illustre homme et roi qui devint, au fil des siècles, un modèle de référence pour les souverains chrétiens. En effet, celui-ci correspondait parfaitement aux aspirations des princes qui souhaitaient prendre exemple sur ce royal personnage et s’approprier son prestige. Dans cette problématique, la figure de David s’est révélée être d’une incroyable richesse : successivement petit pâtre, oint du Seigneur, valeureux guerrier, musicien d’excellence et psalmiste, souverain d’Israël, amoureux transi, pécheur puis pénitent. Toutes les facettes de ce personnage si complexe ont inspiré, chacune à leur manière, la pensée spirituelle, politique et artistique. / This thesis focuses on the in-depth study of representations of one of the greatest kings of the Old Testament: the King David. This doctoral work will try to explore the biblical figure in the arts of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Europe.The Holy Bible recounts the eventful life of this famous king who became, through centuries, a model for the christian princes. In fact, it fit perfectly with the aspirations of the princes who wanted to follow the example of this royal personage and appropriate his prestige. In this issue, the figure of David appears to be incredibly wide, successively little shepherd, anointed, brave warrior, musician and psalmist, king of Israel, women lover, sinner and penitent. Every facets of this complex character inspired, each in its own way, spiritual, political and artistic thought.

Les transformations qui interviennent en France à la suite des guerres de Religion modifient l’imbrication des sphères politique et religieuse. La scission entre protestants et catholiques, la triple reconstruction religieuse, nationale et étatique, les évolutions des pratiques et croyances religieuses ainsi que la nouvelle vigueur des gallicanismes induisent des mutations dans la dimension religieuse des conceptions du pouvoir royal entre le règne d’Henri IV et celui de Louis XIV, évolutions appréciables sur le plan symbolique. De 1589 à 1715, une iconographie abondante place le roi dans une situation religieuse, le met en rapport avec des personnages saints ou divins, ou souligne l’importance de son action en matière religieuse. Ces portraits du roi régnant ou de rois défunts, produits en des lieux disséminés sur le territoire métropolitain du XVIIe siècle, révèlent une autre image du pouvoir royal que l’iconographie plus amplement étudiée jusqu’ici. Elle intègre une sacralité héritée, fruit d’une longue construction médiévale dont l’importance se lit toujours au Grand Siècle, et des éléments neufs, qui passent en particulier par l’essor de cultes associant le roi et ses sujets, comme celui de saint Louis ou celui de Marie, marqué par le vœu de Louis XIII. Elle doit en outre se comprendre dans le cadre de l’évolution du droit divin, dans ses rapports avec l’autorité et le pouvoir du roi. L’image d’harmonie qui est élaborée témoigne de la place de cette iconographie dans la légitimation d’un ordre politique et social liant espace terrestre et monde céleste. La genèse de ces objets divers (peintures, sculptures, gravures, etc.), souvent éloignée de la cour, entretenant des relations parfois très ténues avec le pouvoir royal, ne peut être envisagée comme le fruit d’une propagande : elle souligne plutôt des fabrications collectives du portrait religieux du roi. Ainsi, cette thèse propose une histoire culturelle du politique, s’appuyant sur une approche iconographique intégrant les pratiques sociales et les théories politiques. / The transformations that occurred in France after the Wars of Religion altered the interweaving between the political and the religious spheres. The split between Protestants and Catholics, the rebuilding of the church, the nation and the state, the transformations of the religious beliefs and practices, and the new strength of the gallicanisms led to changes in the religious idea of the royal power between the reign of Henry IV and Louis XIV. These evolutions are assessable on a symbolic level. From 1589 to 1715, an abundant iconography places the monarch in a religious situation, puts him in touch with saints or God, or underlines the importance of his action in the religious field. These portraits of the reigning king or deceased kings, produced in dispatched places in the kingdom, reveal a different image of the royal power than the iconography that has most been studied up to now. It includes an inherited sacrality, built during the Middle Ages and still important in the 17th century, and new elements, which entail the growth of cults associating the monarch and his subjects, such as the cults of saint Louis and the Virgin Mary, marked by the vow of Louis XIII. It must furthermore be understood within the framework of the evolution of the divine right, in its links with the royal authority and power. It builds an image of harmony that shows the place of the iconography in the legitimization of a political and social order linking terrestrial and celestial spaces. The creation of these objects (paintings, sculptures, engravings, etc.), often far away from the court, often in loose relationships with the royal power, cannot be understood as propaganda: it rather emphasizes collective makings of the religious portrait of the king. Thus, this thesis offers a cultural history of the political field, leaning on an iconographic approach including social practices and political theories.

Le christianisme traverse aujourd’hui des moments de tumulte. Il peut être attaqué mais il est surtout de plus en plus ignoré. Nous avons oublié que la religion qu’il est a engendré une sagesse, sagesse qu’il faut en retour connaître et vivre pour être à même de le servir pour ce qu’il est. Cette sagesse est le fruit de la rencontre de la foi en Jésus-Christ et de la raison grecque qui donne à notre humanité de rentrer dans l’intelligence de la Révélation. Cependant, le Christianisme demeure Mystère qui appelle et prévient, qui invite et laisse à distance. En acceptant la transcendance de Dieu et donc en creux notre finitude, la sagesse se fait ici prudence. Mais par essence, elle est folie et scandale parce que confrontée à l’Homme-Dieu crucifié pour le salut des hommes égarés par le péché. Tant qu’elle ne fait pas son lit dans ce scandale pour engager la véritable conversion, la sagesse en quête de Dieu est manquée. Il s’agit alors de vivre par cette sagesse, d’une vie qui est d’abord rapport de soi à Dieu, et c’est l’authenticité de ce rapport qui est à conquérir. La relation de soi aux autres vient ensuite, et parce qu’elle est nourrie du service rendu à Dieu, elle peut témoigner de son effectivité si elle se prête avec charité au souci du prochain et de manière plus générale du bien commun. Aujourd’hui, la sagesse est confrontée au modernisme qui ignore le principe qu’est Dieu et donc remet en cause la possibilité même de l’humaine sociabilité. Parce que la sagesse est présence à la vie, et à la Vie de Dieu, il faut au chrétien non pas éluder mais prendre en compte cette insociabilité croissante qu’il finit par ressentir comme intenable. Ré-accorder la sagesse à la vie demande donc d’abord de se préserver soi-même et pour cela de rompre avec la vie du monde, ce monde dont le Christ disait dès l’origine qu’il n’était pas venu y apporter la paix, mais le glaive. / Christianity is undergoing a troubled period. It may be attacked, but most of all, it is more and more ignored. We have forgotten that, as a religion, it has given birth to wisdom. A wisdom one has in return to know and experience in order to serve what it is. This wisdom results from the meeting with Jesus-Christ faith and the Greek reason, which allows our humanity to enter the intelligence of Revelation. However Christianity remains Mystery which calls and warns, invites and keeps us at distance. Through accepting God’s transcendence and hence our finitude, wisdom becomes prudence here. But by essence, it is madness and scandal when confronted to Man-God crucified for the salvation of men, misled because the sin. Wisdom while searching for God is unwise when avoiding this scandal to reach true conversion. One has thus to live by this wisdom, first as a relationship of one with God, and the truth of this relationship has to be deepened. One’s relation to others comes as a consequence, and because it bears God’s service, it can witness its effectiveness if used charitably for one’s neighbour, and more specifically for general interest. Today, wisdom is confronted to modernism, which ignores God as a principle, and questions the very possibility of human sociability. As wisdom is present to life, and to God’s life, a Christian must not avoid but take into account this growing incivility, which becomes intolerable. To link wisdom to life means first to protect one’s self, hence to break off with this world’s life, faithful to Christ, who said from the beginning that he came on Earth not to bring peace, but sword.