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This is a new statue in Paris near the Place de Clichy, Paris 18. It has a very interesting story: it replaces the statue of Charles Fourier which was melted down (fondu) by the Germans during the war.
Why the fourth apple? The first was the apple offered to Adam by Eve in the Garden of Eden, the second offered to Venus by Paris, the third, the one that dropped on Newton's head.
Fourier's theories on society were illustrated by an apple, when he realised the apple he ate as a dessert at a restaurant in Paris was 100 times the price he bought it in the country.
But you can read all about it in ENGLISH on a superb blog or in FRENCH, it's own special site.
People passing by are very intrigued and what a pity (quel dommage) the very small plaque doesn't explain all this and doesn't give the internet address of the site.I intend (j'ai l'intention) next time I go to take a pen and write the address on it!