Laforgue poète et philosophe

Jules Laforgue’s poetry embraces the words of philosophers, which move between verse and images. Les Complaintes and Moralités légendaires attempt to concretize the problematic union of poetic and philosophical discourses. Moving away from the philosophical poetry of Parnasse, which he finds to be disembodied, he seeks an absolute vision of the world, while adopting the stance of the dilettante: refusing dogmas, he devotes himself to the observation of his emotional, moral, and intellectual life, and revives the tradition of self-knowledge.