TY - EJOUR A1 - Tourrette, Éric TI - Mélancolie du moraliste T2 - Alkemie - Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie 2017 – 1, n° 19. La mélancolie JO - Alkemie (ISSN 2286-136X), 19, 2017 – 1 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06986-7.p.0195 SN - 2286-136X SP - 195 EP - 207 AB - This paper emphasizes the importance of a detail from La Rochefoucauld’s self-portrait: the « black eyes » symbolize the melancholy of the moralist, and announce the tone of the Maxims and their commentaries. Some critics denounce a bias towards pessimism, but melancholy seems to be a rule for moral analysis. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/21 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - François de La Rochefoucauld, self-portrait, maxim, moralist, pessimism LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/alkemie-2017-1-revue-semestrielle-de-litterature-et-philosophie-n-19-la-melancolie-melancolie-du-moraliste-en.html Y2 - 2024/05/18 ER -