Malraux and ancient thought in Le Miroir des limbes

In the André Malraux’s writing of autobiographical inspiration, some ancient myths often appear, sometimes obsessive. They talk about the big questions raised by the author, and enlighten his own relationship to the human condition. The figures of Antigone, of Alexander the Great, of the fighters of the Thermopyles, indicate a demanding humanism, dominated by the goddess Athena, who combines action and thought : following them, André Malraux looks for freedom and culture.