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VALÉRY Paul (1871 - 1945) L.A.S. « PV », Jeudi soir 22h [5 juillet 1917],
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VALÉRY Paul (1871 - 1945) L.A.S. "PV", Thursday evening 10 pm [July 5, 1917], to Pierre LOUŸS| 3 1/2 pages in8, envelope.
Long letter in eleven numbered paragraphs.
... "II. One thing P.L. doesn't know. P.V. has an old acquaintance, a very old acquaintance. It's the graceful Apuleius. He is particularly fond of this lively Apology, which he happily rereads every two years - the only work that gives him the impression of a certain ancient world. On the subject of the Sermon on the Mount: why would he want it to be "less Jewish than the rest. There is nothing in Xtianity that is not Jewish. [...] IV. Substantia rerum. The obvious meaning is - Since the things we hope for are neither sensible nor demonstrable, they must be supported (in us) by something else. By what else? By what I call Faith. If we hope, it is by virtue of this something"... He admires Stendhal's phrase: "In all parties, the more spirit a man has, the less he is of his party"... "VIII Le Caïd des Ouled has a strange press. The dedication to Bourget earns him the reputation of aspiring... to the Ac. Française"... The speeches in honor of Henri
Poincaré seemed to him "shameful, unworthy of the dead and the living| of literary language and science. If ever, however, an Académie
Academy were to serve a purpose - it's today. X.
P.L. will clearly have grumbled about not having a letter yesterday. Not for a minute did he allow it.
Long letter in eleven numbered paragraphs.
... "II. One thing P.L. doesn't know. P.V. has an old acquaintance, a very old acquaintance. It's the graceful Apuleius. He is particularly fond of this lively Apology, which he happily rereads every two years - the only work that gives him the impression of a certain ancient world. On the subject of the Sermon on the Mount: why would he want it to be "less Jewish than the rest. There is nothing in Xtianity that is not Jewish. [...] IV. Substantia rerum. The obvious meaning is - Since the things we hope for are neither sensible nor demonstrable, they must be supported (in us) by something else. By what else? By what I call Faith. If we hope, it is by virtue of this something"... He admires Stendhal's phrase: "In all parties, the more spirit a man has, the less he is of his party"... "VIII Le Caïd des Ouled has a strange press. The dedication to Bourget earns him the reputation of aspiring... to the Ac. Française"... The speeches in honor of Henri
Poincaré seemed to him "shameful, unworthy of the dead and the living| of literary language and science. If ever, however, an Académie
Academy were to serve a purpose - it's today. X.
P.L. will clearly have grumbled about not having a letter yesterday. Not for a minute did he allow it.