"Skeptic is a dancer on the air rope : Emerson, Montaigne et le scepticisme sage"
In Jean-Charles Darmon, Philippe Desan & Gianni Paganini (eds.),
Des Morales et des œuvres. Paris: Hermann. pp. 179-199 (
2017)
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Abstract
This study aims to highlight some major aspects of Emersonian skepticism while at the same time showing their deep links with the philosophy of Montaigne. In doing so, it does not rely solely on the well-known essay “Montaigne; or, the Skeptic” (1850), but it tries to articulate its content and other works of Emerson, in order to enrich and refine the moral and anthropological meanings of his skeptical attitude.