Post-scriptum de ma vie

These unpublished papers, gathered after the writer’s exile and during a period of serious ill health, form a contemplative farewell. The larger notebooks, titled Post‑scriptum de ma vie, contain his mature musings on art, poetry, and the role of the poet in a world reshaped by revolution. Interspersed among them are smaller, fragmentary sheets called Tas de pierres, each a brief, varied thought on morality, politics, love, and daily life.

In these pages the author balances a literary critique with a deeper philosophical quest, weighing the soul’s destiny against the forces of creation and the divine. He argues that the nineteenth‑century writer draws its vitality not from ancient models but from the very spirit of the French Revolution, yet he also affirms the universal value of every thoughtful mind, even those that differ from his own. The tone is both intimate and expansive, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the mind of a poet‑philosopher confronting his final years.