IDENTITY
Un philosophe sous les toits
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A moral and social book framed through the life and observations of a modest Parisian attic-dweller. Souvestre uses everyday episodes to reflect on work, contentment, responsibility and the possibility of a meaningful life without wealth.
Evidence Summary
He uses the passage to articulate the idea that one's country is what surrounds, nourishes and forms a person.
Direct documented intellectual use of Souvestre's prose.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Émile Souvestre
Work
Un philosophe sous les toits
Years / Period
22–24 Jun 1880
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
22–24 Jun 1880 — Letter 155
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / used
Van Gogh quotes a long passage from chapter 10, 'La patrie'.
Response: He uses the passage to articulate the idea that one's country is what surrounds, nourishes and forms a person.
Connection: Direct documented intellectual use of Souvestre's prose.
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