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The essay is protected by copyright. The parts of the monograph have been legally deposited on the following dates: 6 December 1994; 25 February 2000; 10 May 2004; 23 January 2006; 13 June 2007; 18 May 2009; 31 August 2010; 22 June 2016; 15 June 2020.

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The English edition, Meaning and Distance, was translated by Fay Guerry.

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Online reading

An online version, readable directly in your browser, is now available for Part I, and will be progressively enriched with the eight other parts.

This version offers:

  • Paragraph-by-paragraph navigation with a side contents panel
  • Typographic display of the three blocks of each paragraph: Theory, Method, Application to Baudelaire
  • The poem Correspondences, consultable at any moment via a floating button
  • A “pin the poem” option to keep it in view while reading the book
  • Text-size controls and a dark mode for long reading sessions
  • Comfortable reading on phone, tablet and computer

Part I — Paradoxes

The plausibility achieved in the identification of real or imaginary paradoxes. This first part, in 78 paragraphs, establishes the fundamental notions of the method.

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Parts II to IX will be published progressively online. In the meantime, you may download the complete PDF versions above.

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