Cantillon Amitié et Joie 40ème Anniversaire Framboise: Difference between revisions
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The label is set in green and red colors, which are the official colors of the city of Brussels. Mannekin Pis is wearing a hat that is a typical style for all student associations (French: ''Cercles''). Each year, the Mannekin Pis is dressed up in this manner for Saint V day, a Brussels holiday in which students take the day to celebrate the founding of the Free University of Brussels (French: ''Université Libre de Bruxelles'' or ULB, Dutch: ''Vrije Universiteit Brussel'' or VUB), which split into two universities in 1970, but still work closely with each other. | The label is set in green and red colors, which are the official colors of the city of Brussels. Mannekin Pis is wearing a hat that is a typical style for all student associations (French: ''Cercles''). Each year, the Mannekin Pis is dressed up in this manner for Saint V day, a Brussels holiday in which students take the day to celebrate the founding of the Free University of Brussels (French: ''Université Libre de Bruxelles'' or ULB, Dutch: ''Vrije Universiteit Brussel'' or VUB), which split into two universities in 1970, but still work closely with each other. | ||
St. V day | St. V day (French: Saint-Verhaegen, Dutch: Sint-Verhaegen) is celebrated every November 20th and honors Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, who founded the university. Verhaegen was not, however, a canonized saint. The original event dates back to 1888 when a group of approximately 200 students walked out in protest against a reorganization of the university's philosophy of the ''libre examen'' (free exam), which is a philosophical ideology which advocates the rejection of the argument of authority in matters of knowledge and freedom of judgment. | ||
This philosophy was made prominent by Henri Poincaré who noted that "thought must never submit, neither to a dogma, nor to a party, nor to a passion, nor to an interest, nor to a preconceived idea, nor to whatever it may be, save to the facts themselves, because, for thought, submission would mean ceasing to be." (''"la pensée ne doit jamais se soumettre, ni à un dogme, ni à un parti, ni à une passion, ni à un intérêt, ni à une idée préconçue, ni à quoi que ce soit, si ce n'est aux faits eux-mêmes, parce que, pour elle, se soumettre, ce serait cesser d'être"''). | This philosophy was made prominent by Henri Poincaré who noted that "thought must never submit, neither to a dogma, nor to a party, nor to a passion, nor to an interest, nor to a preconceived idea, nor to whatever it may be, save to the facts themselves, because, for thought, submission would mean ceasing to be." (''"la pensée ne doit jamais se soumettre, ni à un dogme, ni à un parti, ni à une passion, ni à un intérêt, ni à une idée préconçue, ni à quoi que ce soit, si ce n'est aux faits eux-mêmes, parce que, pour elle, se soumettre, ce serait cesser d'être"''). | ||