L'écriture du doute dans l'œuvre philosophique de Casanova

The rediscovery and the diffusion of ancient scepticism, from the Renaissance to the 18th century, had an impact on ­Casanova’s perception of the world. He developed what Richard Popkin has called a “moderate scepticism”. In his philosophical works, often dialogical and antithetic, ­Casanova’s “passion for freedom” and his aversion to the systems lead to an aesthetics of disorder and free expression. Unable to gather all the knowledge available, Casanova chooses fragmentary and ­contradictory forms, which bear the stylistic marks of his hesitations.