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The authoress relates the way Jean-Pierre Vernant (beside Jacques Derrida) created (1981), lead and remained entirely involved into the activity of the French section of the Jan Hus foundation whose aim was to break the isolation in which Czech and Slovak intellectuals were confined by organizing clandestine seminaries and conferences (about a dozen a year between 1982 and 1989). Vernant's ability to have people representing a wide range of opinions work together was the key of the success of this foundation.