TY - EJOUR A1 - Demonet, Marie-Luce TI - « Quoi, si j’étais autre ? » Potentiel, virtuel, contrefactuel - Modalités de la confession dans le livre III des Essais T2 - Bulletin de la Société internationale des amis de Montaigne 2017 – 1, n° 65. varia JO - Bulletin de la Société internationale des amis de Montaigne (ISSN 2261-897X), 65, 2017 – 1 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06907-2.p.0027 SN - 2261-897X SP - 27 EP - 47 AB - The expression of virtuality in the Essais, beginning with the program announced in the prefatory “To the Reader”, leads to identify the different shades in Montaigne’s assessment of his past, his own “essence”, and the actions of others. The modalities of potential and counterfactual allow him to join the personal confession, to the practice of a pleasant imagination, and to the accusation of actual misdeeds such as the Spanish colonisation, thus presenting, courteously and daringly, reproach and advice. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/08 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/bulletin-de-la-societe-internationale-des-amis-de-montaigne-2017-1-n-65-varia-quoi-si-j-etais-autre-potentiel-virtuel-contrefactuel-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/06 ER -