Prose chagrine

by Francois La Mothe le Vayer, edited by Guillaume Tomasini

Extent: 184 pages

Publisher: Klincksieck

Subjects: Philosophy

Series: Le genie de la melancolie

Series volume number: 5

Language: French

Hardback (Published)

(March 2012)

ISBN: 9782252038352

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La Prose chagrine parait en 1661, a l’aube du regne personnel de Louis XIV. A soixante-treize ans, son auteur est unanimement reconnu pour son erudition, ses nombreux ouvrages et les honneurs que lui ont valu le preceptorat du duc d’Anjou, cadet du jeune roi. Cette reussite ne le rend pas pour autant plus serein ni jovial. Esprit original, jaloux de son independance, digne heritier spirituel de Montaigne, mais en plus sombre, ce contemporain du Roi Soleil lui renvoie sa part d’ombre : libre et bigarree, toute baroque dans sa composition decousue, la Prose chagrine de ce Cioran de jadis accumule avec l’energie d’un desespoir roboratif les mille raisons de se facher avec l’existence, depuis la brievete de la vie jusqu’a la maltraitance des animaux, depuis la debauche des vieux jusqu’a l’incurie des medecins, en passant par quelques dizaines d’autres sujets de mecontentement encore. Et l’auteur de louer le scepticisme, qui demeure la seule certitude raisonnable. Apres deux cent pages de ce maelstrom pittoresque, varie, cliquetant d’exemples et colore de mille citations piquantes, La Mothe Le Vayer conclut : Je m’impose donc silence, pour ne passer pas les bornes que j’ai prescrites a mon chagrin. Les nombreuses notes de bas de page qui, dans la presente edition, eclairent cette encyclopedie des egarements humains montrent que les bornes de cet esprit chagrin demeuraient larges.Un livre a recommander a tous ceux que la couleur du temps present n’enthousiasme pas : l’humeur incisive de La Mothe Le Vayer les vengera.

La Mothe Le Vayer et la p(r)ose chagrineNotes sur la presente edition

Prose chagrine (1661)Premiere partieDeuxieme partieTroisieme partie

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By (author) Francois La Mothe le Vayer
Edited by Guillaume Tomasini

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