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Jean Starobinski

Born

in Geneva, Switzerland

November 17, 1920

Genre

Classics, Psychology, Philosophy

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Jean Starobinski studied classical literature, and then medicine at the University of Geneva, and graduated from that school with a doctorate in letters (docteur ès lettres) and in medicine. He taught French literature at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Basel and at the University of Geneva, where he also taught courses in the history of ideas and the history of medicine.

His existential and phenomenological literary criticism is sometimes grouped with the so-called "Geneva School". He has written landmark works on French literature of the 18th century – including works on the writers Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Voltaire – and also on authors of other periods (such as Michel de Montaigne). He has also written on con ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 983 ratings · 92 reviews · 135 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Tinta da Melancolia: Uma História Cultural da Tristeza 4.17 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Transparency and Obstruction by Jean Starobinski, Arthur Goldhammer (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Robert Morrissey (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La malinconia allo specchio by Jean Starobinski, Daniela De Agostini (Translator), Yves Bonnefoy (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1789: The Emblems of Reason by Jean Starobinski, Barbara Bray (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1973 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'oeil vivant. Corneille, Racine, La Bruyère, Rousseau, Stendhal 3.97 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of Liberty, 1700-89 3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1964 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ritratto dell'artista da saltimbanco by Jean Starobinski, Corrado Bologna (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Montaigne en mouvement 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words upon Words: The Anagrams of Ferdinand De Saussure 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le remède dans le mal 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To be an ignorant man, to posses nothing but a fragile word, to find oneself as if relying upon darkness and nothingness: that is the position from which one must be constantly setting out.”
― Jean Starobinski

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“[...] mais ici l'on atteint le point où l'être vrai est tout entier retenu et défini en sa fin, où la conscience , maîtresse d'elle-même, détruit joyeusement toute possibilité de fuite et d'hypocrisie. Réduite à elle seule, délivrée de tous les oripeaux fortuits qui la dissimulaient, la volonté intérieure se rassemble et resplendit dans l'imminence de mourir. Elle prend la mort pour complice, comme si elle ne pouvait se dévoiler à nos yeux que sur un fond de néant, dans le bref instant où le héros fait place aux ténèbres avant de se confondre en elles. Parce qu'il n'y a plus d'issue vers un futur – ce qui veut dire qu'il n'y a plus moyen de "penser ailleurs" – l'être s'établit sur un ici et un maintenant parfaitement pleins. Il exhibe et fixe toute sa puissance, que rien désormais ne pourra lui disputer.”
― Jean Starobinski

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