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Theoretical Considerations

De la dissimulation envers soi-même

Smaranda Agachi

Pages 4–5

Licence © 2003 the authors · CC BY 4.0

Abstract

Torquatto Accetto, baroque spirit, self control, dissimulation, terseness. He was rediscovered by the Italian literature historian, Benedetto Croce, in 1928. Until 1943, Croce published several times Torquatto Accetto's treaty De l'honnête dissimulation (On honest dissimulation) published for the first time in Naples in 1641. The book shows a paradoxical spirit, a baroque moralist celebrating the triumph of appearance over being like the better known Baltazar Graciàn. Dissimulation promoted by Accetto should not be confused with lying as it is nothing but self control, a way of hiding the truth which should be seen only when at the right moment. Thanks to his admirable style, Torquatto Accetto turns his terseness into a veil which may suddenly sometimes show a metaphorical flowering.

Keywords —

Torquatto Accetto · dissimulation · terseness · self control
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Agachi, S. (2003). De la dissimulation envers soi-même. Dialogos, 07, 4–5.

Agachi, Smaranda. “De la dissimulation envers soi-même.” Dialogos, vol. 07, 2003, pp. 4–5.

Agachi, Smaranda. 2003. “De la dissimulation envers soi-même.” Dialogos 07: 4–5.

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