I just wanted to throw in a couple of points about the French military philosophy.

Think of French philosophy and literature and art and so on.

French philosophy in the 18th century was deeply political.

French philosophy in the 20th century saw the rise of many schools of thought.

What would have happened if a sci-fi classic had been written by the father of French philosophy?

During this time, he embraced the writings of the French philosophies.

He has also written at length on analytic philosophy and recent French philosophy.

He is irritated by "the postulate of French political philosophy that citizens must all subscribe to the same values in the public sphere."

Patton has published widely on aspects of 20th-century French philosophy.

Spiritualism has held a particularly prominent position in French philosophy.