Jules de Gaultier Quotes

Jules de Gaultier , born Jules Achille de Gaultier de Laguionie, was a French philosopher and essayist. He was a contributor to Mercure de France and one of the chief advocates of "nietzscheism" in vogue in the literary circles of the day. He was known especially for his theory of "bovarysme" , by which he meant the continual need of humans to invent themselves, to lie to themselves. His books include De Kant à Nietzsche and Le Bovarysme, essai sur le pouvoir d'imaginer . Wikipedia  

✵ 2. June 1858 – 19. January 1942
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Famous Jules de Gaultier Quotes

“La Philosophie officielle et la philosophie”

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“La Fiction universelle (1903)”

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“Intellectualism is not taught in school.”

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Feuilleton philosophique, Introduction à la vie intellectuelle, "Revue blanche", IX (1895)

“Le Bovarysme (1902)”

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