Jules de Gaultier

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Jules de Gaultier (1858 in

nietzscheism" in vogue in the literary circles of the day. He was known especially for his theory of "bovarysme" (the name taken from Flaubert's novel), by which he meant the continual need of humans to invent themselves, to lie to themselves. His books include De Kant à Nietzsche (1900) and Le Bovarysme, essai sur le pouvoir d'imaginer (1902).[1]

References

  1. ^ Le Petit Robert 2, S.E.P.R.E.T. (Paris), 1975.