Abstract

“ Timely in its approach, this first work by the author of Le Bovarysme will interest historians as well as philosophers. Its message is addressed to intellectuals who no longer draw their sustenance from eighteenth century enlightenment. Indeed, De Gaultier gives short shrift to certain idols dear to those of rationalistic persuasion. The position he takes is that of Monistic Idealism, and the world is represented as a system of illusionism. Reality is seen as a compromise between a “principle of movement” and a “principle of arrest.” “- Publisher.