Talk:Charles Péguy

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A Little Tidying[edit]

I cleaned up the comments on the Cahiers. I also removed the comment that Péguy "disliked" Dreyfus. I am not aware he ever met Dreyfus, but in any case it needs at least a citation, if not some clarification. I am amazed there's no Wiki article on Lucien Herr.KD Tries Again 18:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)KD[reply]

A Suggestion[edit]

Over at fr.wikipedia.org there's a lengthy article (with a good picture) on Péguy. Has anyone considered simply (essentially) translating it, since the article standards, reference requirements, and so on are presumably identical?

One thing that I haven't been able to find, unfortunately, is the source for his most famous aphorism -- or at least a famous aphorism attributed to him: "Charles Peguy once observed, 'It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of looking insufficiently progressive.'" Anybody know for sure what it comes from?

Craig Goodrich Las Vegas 68.229.51.161 06:18, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a good page on Péguy at http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0063.html -- and it answered my question above, though without a definite citation. In one of his articles criticizing his fellow (socialist) Dreyfusards (defenders of Dreyfus), he wrote,

“Some people want to insult and abuse the army, because it’s a good line these days. ... In fact, at all political demonstrations it is a required theme. If you don’t take that line you don’t look sufficiently progressive ... and it will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of looking insufficiently progressive.”

[I must add that I have no idea what the license on that page is, but the brief quotation from Péguy, having been written on the order of a century ago, is surely in the public domain by now, and would meet any reasonable "fair use" standard in any case.]

Craig again —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.51.161 (talk) 06:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His father's death[edit]

According to the article of the French wikipedia, his father died from a stomach cancer in 1873, soon after Peguy was born, and not in the Franco-Prussian war. Which version is right, after all? (Notice that the information of the French article appears to be sourced.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.21.230.240 (talk) 16:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Graham Greene[edit]

I'm perplexed by the sentence about Graham Greene. I see that Greene quotes Peguy in the front pages of The Heart of the Matter, so obviously Greene was "aware" of Peguy. What is the significance and purpose of this rather opaque sentence? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoot717 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Just straight facts now. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 18:14, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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