TY - ECHAP A1 - Klettke, Cornelia TI - L’essai d’un portrait de l’intellect en tant que simulacre - Paul Valéry, Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci (1894) T3 - Nineteenth century studies, n° 23 in Rencontres M1 - 86 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-2957-6.p.0249 SN - 978-2-8124-2957-6 SP - 249 EP - 262 AB - Valéry’s essay is said to be conceptual but might better be described as poetic. It is based on an “imaginative logic” which works with metaphors used to reflect the mind of the “universal man”, who distinguishes himself through his “mental reach” and “continuity”. By rendering an abstract vision concrete, Valéry creates a portrait of the “pure” intellectual’s intellect – inevitably incomplete – and shows it be a myth of modernity. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/06/17 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/essai-et-essayisme-en-france-au-xixe-siecle-l-essai-d-un-portrait-de-l-intellect-en-tant-que-simulacre-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/18 ER -