{"id":2496,"date":"2026-08-26T20:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionsdupleix.com\/?post_type=product&p=2496"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:51:32","slug":"eugene-marsan-eloge-de-la-paresse","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/editionsdupleix.com\/en\/product\/eugene-marsan-eloge-de-la-paresse\/","title":{"rendered":"Eug\u00e8ne Marsan, \u00c9loge de la paresse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Et si la paresse \u00e9tait une forme de sagesse ?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Nous avons appris \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer le travail comme une vertu et la paresse comme un vice. Eug\u00e8ne Marsan propose de renverser cette \u00e9vidence.<\/p>\n

Dans un ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Anjou, au bord du Loir, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de lettr\u00e9s, d\u2019artistes et d\u2019hommes d\u2019action entreprend de juger s\u00e9rieusement ce d\u00e9faut si mal r\u00e9put\u00e9. Tr\u00e8s vite, la plaisanterie devient philosophie.<\/p>\n

Car toutes les paresses ne se ressemblent pas.<\/p>\n

Il existe la pigritia<\/em>, l\u2019inertie qui engourdit et st\u00e9rilise. Mais il existe aussi l\u2019otium<\/em> des Anciens : ce loisir libre o\u00f9 l\u2019on m\u00e9dite, lit, contemple, converse et laisse m\u00fbrir les id\u00e9es. C\u2019est dans cet espace que Marsan situe la po\u00e9sie, l\u2019invention et m\u00eame certaines vertus : la mod\u00e9ration, la fid\u00e9lit\u00e9, le d\u00e9tachement des ambitions qui agitent les hommes.<\/p>\n

Son paradoxe va plus loin encore. Et si toute l\u2019histoire de la civilisation pouvait se lire comme un immense effort pour diminuer l\u2019effort ? De l\u2019\u00e9criture \u00e0 la machine, l\u2019homme invente pour all\u00e9ger son travail. Le travail serait alors moins une fin qu\u2019une route, dont le v\u00e9ritable port s\u2019appellerait loisir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mais Marsan se garde d\u2019une conclusion trop facile.<\/p>\n

La Belle Lendore d\u00e9couvre dans sa paresse adolescente une r\u00e9serve de forces qui pr\u00e9parera sa vie adulte. Rivarol, au contraire, poss\u00e8de le g\u00e9nie et laisse passer l\u2019heure o\u00f9 il aurait pu lui donner une \u0153uvre.<\/p>\n

Entre eux se joue toute la morale de ce livre.<\/p>\n

Comment distinguer le temps qui m\u00fbrit de celui que l\u2019on gaspille ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c9crit avec l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gance ironique des moralistes fran\u00e7ais, \u00c9loge de la paresse<\/em> est bien davantage qu\u2019un divertissement contre le culte du travail. C\u2019est une r\u00e9flexion \u00e9tonnamment actuelle sur la cr\u00e9ation, la libert\u00e9, la technique et notre mani\u00e8re d\u2019habiter le temps.<\/p>\n

Car apr\u00e8s avoir d\u00e9fendu le droit de ne rien faire, Marsan nous laisse avec une question autrement plus inqui\u00e9tante :<\/p>\n

que faisons-nous des heures qui nous appartiennent ?<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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