Qui a besoin de « lunettes », et pourquoi ?

This study focuses on various metaphorical uses of eyeglasses as an image, from the invention of the object itself to the present time. It reflects, in particular, on the 18th-century revolution that forced glasses to travel inside our heads and swap the status of an instrument designed to correct (more or less effectively) for that of an unconscious obstacle in need of correction (to the extent possible).