▁a ▁speech ▁using ▁ex cer pts ▁from ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁Sex ual ity . ▁His ▁body ▁was ▁then ▁buried ▁at ▁V ende uv re - du - Po it ou ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁ceremony . ▁So on ▁after ▁his ▁death , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁partner ▁Daniel ▁De fert ▁founded ▁the ▁first ▁national ▁H IV / A ID S ▁organisation ▁in ▁France , ▁A ID ES ; ▁a ▁pun ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁language ▁word ▁for ▁" help " ▁( a ide ) ▁and ▁the ▁English ▁language ▁ac ron ym ▁for ▁the ▁disease . ▁On ▁the ▁second ▁anni versary ▁of ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁death , ▁De fert ▁public ly ▁revealed ▁that ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁death ▁was ▁A ID S - related ▁in ▁The ▁Adv oc ate . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁first ▁bi ograph er , ▁Did ier ▁E rib on , ▁described ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁as ▁" a ▁complex , ▁many - s ided ▁character ", ▁and ▁that ▁" under ▁one ▁mask ▁there ▁is ▁always ▁another ". ▁He ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁he ▁exhib ited ▁an ▁" en orm ous ▁capacity ▁for ▁work ". ▁At ▁the ▁E NS , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁class m ates ▁un anim ously ▁sum med ▁him ▁up ▁as ▁a ▁figure ▁who ▁was ▁both ▁" dis con cert ing ▁and ▁strange " ▁and ▁" a ▁passion ate ▁worker ". ▁As ▁he ▁aged , ▁his ▁person ality ▁changed : ▁E rib on ▁noted ▁that ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁"