Disinterested research there has never been and can never be.

In such selfless search for Truth, nobody can lose his bearings for long.

In such selfless search for Truth nobody can lose his bearings for long.

In such a selfless search for Truth nobody can lose his bearings for long.

In such a selfless search for Truth nobody can lose his bearings for long.

In such selfless search for Truth nobody can lose his bearings for long.

In such selfless search for Truth, nobody can lose his bearings for long.

But this disinterested quest of the true for its own beauty is sane also, and able to make man better."[27]

Let me begin with a blasphemous statement: there are no disinterested researches, in archaeology less than in other sciences. (..)

The gratuitous search for beauty, the passionate concern for justice, the love of truth are so many paths that lead to God.

Their presence, in fact, is a continuous stimulus to the selfless search for truth and for the wisdom that comes from above.

Their presence, in fact, is a continuous stimulus to the selfless search for truth and for the wisdom that comes from above.

Maybe even in the spheres of disinterested research we have already reduced the "risible animal" to a fertilizer of superior quality.

It is in the context of the impartial search for truth that the relationship between faith and reason is brought to light and meaning.

Ultimately, to use the expression of Luc Brisson, what mattered was “learning to live in a philosophical way;” with a common will to carry out disinterested research and in deliberate opposition to sophistic mercantilism.