TY - EJOUR A1 - Roche, Bruno TI - Cuckolds of the Imagination in Molière - Arguments for an Epicurean Reading of the Dramaturgy of Amorous Spite T2 - Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (xvie-xviiie siècle) 2019, n° 16. Les libertins et l’imagination JO - Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (xvie-xviiie siècle) (ISSN 2649-1826), 16, 2019 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09789-1.p.0133 SN - 2649-1826 SP - 133 EP - 148 AB - In Molière’s plays Sganarelle ou le Cocu imaginaire and Dom Garcie de Navarre, the dramaturgy of amorous spite proves compatible with an Epicurean phenomenology of perception. Jalous people have great imagination, and the playwright excels in staging the errors and mix-ups caused by the dubious opinions troubling their minds. The Epicurean diagnostic is pertinent, but eventually Molière ends up finding a remedy inspired by Montaigne rather than Lucretius. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/06 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Molière, Epicurism, amorous spite, “cuckold of the Imagination”, Jealousy, illusion, perception LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/libertinage-et-philosophie-a-l-epoque-classique-xvie-xviiie-siecle-2019-n-16-les-libertins-et-l-imagination-cuckolds-of-the-imagination-in-moliere.html Y2 - 2024/07/17 ER -