Jean Bédard, ph.D. is a philosopher and a writer who is socially involved and who is interested in the men and women that marked history, that fully live their spiritual experience, that are people of intelligence and lucidity, and that are engaged inwardly and politically.

Few philosophers meet these criteria. The medieval beguines, particularly Marguerite Porète, Master Eckhart, Nicolas de Cues, Comenius (Jan Amos Komensky), Jan Patocka, Hermann Broch were among these.

Throughout the history of thought and spirituality that we discover in the historical books of Jean Bédard, we notice the constant presence of power. The essay Power or Life: Rethinking the critical issues of our time by Jean Bédard is considered by Jean Ziegler as « A passionate and important work ».

The themes that are discussed in the works of Jean Bédard : spiritual growth, ethics, religious culture, the poetic experience, the intelligence of nature, epistemology and the significance of science, social distress, great poverty, the rapport of memory and spirit, ecology, power, etc.

This Website aims only to share certain elements of information. Some English translations by Richard Clark are available in their integral versions. The texts Familles en détresse sociale and La valse des immortels are also available in their integrity in French.

The visitor interested in pursuing further may contact the author: jphbedard@globetrotter.net

Jean Bédard and Marie-Hélène Langlais are the founders of an ecological farm, la Ferme Sageterre (Sageterre.com).