Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873 - September 5, 1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic. From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works.
Péguy was born in Orléans to a father who died as a result of injuries suffered as a soldier during the Franco-Prussian war and a mother who supporte...
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Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873 - September 5, 1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic. From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works.
Péguy was born in Orléans to a father who died as a result of injuries suffered as a soldier during the Franco-Prussian war and a mother who supported him by working as a chair-stuffer. During 1894, benefitting from republican school reform, he was received in the École Normale Supérieure, and attended notably the lectures of Henri Bergson and Romain Rolland, whom he befriended. He formally left the École Normale, without graduating, during 1897, even though he continued attending some lectures during 1898. Influenced by Lucien Herr (librarian of the École Normale), he became an ardent Dreyfusard.
From his earliest years, he was influenced by socialism. From 1900 to his death during 1914,...
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