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ROUSSEAU
Author(s): Henri Joly
Source: Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, T. 30 (JUILLET A DÉCEMBRE 1890), pp
. 42-67
Published by: Presses Universitaires de France
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LA FOLIE DE J.-J.ROUSSEAU
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H. JOLY. - LA FOLIE DE J.-J. ROUSSEAU 43
I
L'idée qu'on se fait de la folie change avec les progrès de la
1. Peut-être serait-ontentéde tirerargumentde cettephrasedes Confessions,
livreIer.« Ce n'estpas ce qui estcriminelqui coûtele plus à dire,c'est ce qui est
ridiculeet honteux.» On se seraitmêmeattenduà retrouver cet aveu dansle
roman médicaldu Dr J. Roussel.Mais en relisantle paragrapheentier des
Confessions,*on voit tout de suite que la penséede Jean-Jacques est celle-ci:
« Jeviens déjà d'avouerdes actes ridiculeset honteux;j'en avoueraiencore
d'autres,et dès maintenant, je suis sûr de moi et de ma véracité: nulleconfi-
dence,de quelque naturequ'ellesoit,ne me coûtera.»
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1. Lui cependant, avec un à peu près plus littéraire que scientifique, parle
du délire de Rousseau.
2. Saint-MarcGirardin explique encore très finementcommentRousseau
paya
pour les autres, parce qu'il signait ses écrits, tandis que les autres écrivaient
tous sous l'anonyme.
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Henri Joly.
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