Histoire et érudition au siècle des lumières: Le cas du fragment Diodore VIII, 12

Jean-Louis Quantin

Histoire, économie & société, 1990, vol. 9, issue 2, 213-242

Abstract: [eng] Abstract History and erudition are usually presented as totally separated from each other during the Enlightenment. However a concrete case - that of the fragment VIII, 12 by Diodorus Siculus - clearly demonstrates that the dissertations written by the erudites of the French Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres were known and used by the writers of more literary histories. The work of the former was misunderstood since the beginning of the 19th century only. Then the legend of mediocre erudites who would have lived disconnected from the great cultural trends of their time was generally accepted. [fre] Résumé On présente généralement l'histoire et l'érudition du Siècle des Lumières comme entièrement séparées l'une de l'autre. Or un cas concret, celui du fragment VIII, 12 de Diodore de Sicile, montre que les mémoires des érudits de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres étaient connus des auteurs d'histoires «littéraires» et largement utilisés par eux. C'est seulement à partir du début du XIXe siècle que leurs travaux n'ont plus été compris et que s'est accréditée la légende d'érudits médiocres, végétant à l'écart des grands courants culturels du temps.

Date: 1990
Note: DOI:10.3406/hes.1990.2381
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