Chutes de philosophes : entre tragédie et farce

• Publication type: Article from a collective work
• Collective work:
  L’Accident de Ménilmontant
• Author: Berchtold (Jacques)
• Abstract: This study repositions the tale of Jean-Jacques’s accident in the “Second Walk” within the tradition of tales of falling philosophers related, at times, through a dramatic and serious tone or, at others, through a burlesque and trivial one. It concentrates, in particular, on the ancient paradigm of the scholar and astronomer Thales of Miletus’ falling down a well, which gave rise to very varied interpretations. Re-establishing such a context allows to shed a new light on the Rousseauist episode and to appreciate its singularity.
• Pages: 97 to 115
• Collection: Encounters, n° 105
• Series: The eighteenth century, n° 12
• CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
• EAN: 9782812430763
• ISBN: 978-2-8124-3076-3
• ISSN: 2261-1851
• DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-3076-3.p.0097
• Publisher: Classiques Garnier
• Online publication: 06-14-2015
• Language: French

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