Jacques André Naigeon (1735-1810) a witness of the Enlightenment ; Jacques André Naigeon (1735-1810) entre ombres et Lumières ; Jacques André Naigeon (1735-1810) tra ombre e Lumi
A study about Jacques-André Naigeon (1735-1810) could only be based on an biographical reconstruction's attempt, in order to present the publisher-philosopher in an integral way. This dissertation is designed to develop on several topics in order to mix Naigeon's life with some "cultural" events that affected his life. Each chapter proposes the development of one of the founding themes of the Enlightenment, trying to build a dialogue between the existence of the philosopher and the interpretations provided by the most advanced historiography.The studies mention Jacques-André Naigeon giving the image of a character entirely subordinated to his two tutelary gods, Diderot and d'Holbach, while, instead, on closer inspection, Naigeon is not completely confused with the figures of his master and his "colleague", and his personal thinking (especially his atheism and his materialism) is not uninteresting.Throughout his life, Naigeon was an encyclopedist; "éditeur"; he even tried to earn political credit, at the debut of the Revolution, by writing a furious writing against some concepts of the Déclaration des droits de l'homme and sending it to the first Assemblée Nationale; he assumed the role of chief editor of the Philosophie ancienne et moderne's section of the Encyclopédie Méthodique; at the end, he became a member of the Institut de France in 1795. He frequented many prominent personalities, so that he could thus feel all the disappointment of an intellectual who was integrated into the cultural system but at the same time was completely neutralized. The silence and secrets of his later years are far more significant and full of meaning than what one might think. ; Une étude sur Jacques–André Naigeon (1735-1810) ne pouvait se baser que sur une tentative de reconstitution de son vécu, afin de présenter l'éditeur-philosophe dans son intégralité. La thèse est pensée sur plusieurs strates dans le but de faire se croiser la vie de Naigeon avec quelques épisodes qui ont marqué son action. Chaque chapitre propose le ...