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Part of the book: The Work and Thought of Jean Grenier (1898-1971)

J. S. T. Garfitt

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 20

Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract.  In Chapters 2 and 3 it has been shown how Grenier's thought hovers around the twin problems of freedom and choice, reluctant either to make an irrevocable decision or to exclude decisions altogether. Abstention and indifference have inevitably come within the bounds of his meditation, but so far the attraction they hold for him has not been analysed in detail. Grenier, in fact, moves towards a limited interpretation of indifference which excludes many of the attitudes and states that are popularly considered to be indifferent.

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