L’écriture fragmentaire des idées de Joseph Joubert à Pascal Quignard

An epistemological choice exists at the origin of fragmentary thought. This contribution interrogates the philosophy of ideas in the fragmentary text. Thoughts which are “deposed” rather than “composed” (Thibaudet), “invertebrates” rather than “organic” (Benda), or “idea-phrases” which stay in the head (Barthes): fragmentary ideas distinguish themselves from philosophical ideas, often to their disadvantage.