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L'expressivité Author(s): Raymond Ruyer Source: Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, 60e Année, No. 1/2 (Janvier-Juin 1955), pp. 69- 100 Published by: Presses Universitaires de France Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40899897 . Accessed: 16/07/2011 16:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=puf. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Presses Universitaires de France is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale. http://www.jstor.org

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L'expressivitAuthor(s): Raymond RuyerSource: Revue de Mtaphysique et de Morale, 60e Anne, No. 1/2 (Janvier-Juin 1955), pp. 69-100Published by: Presses Universitaires de FranceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40899897 .Accessed: 16/07/2011 16:25Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at .http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unlessyou have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and youmay use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use.Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at .http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=puf. .Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printedpage of such transmission.JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range ofcontent in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new formsof scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected] Universitaires de France is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Revuede Mtaphysique et de Morale.http://www.jstor.orgL'expressivit L'effort pourcomprendre va souventde l'expressivit la signification. Dfinissons provisoirementl'expressivit des choses: Ce qu'elles ont l'air de vouloirdire, La grce attiranted'une fleur, les nuagesqui se htent, un ciel menaantd'orage, un arbre qui s'agite dans le vent, une filed'oiseaux qui s'tiredans le ciel, les hurlementsd'un animalsolitaire - ces manifestationssont expressivesparcequ'elles ont l'air de vouloir dire quelque chose ; elles appellent nos questionsparcequ'elles ontl'air elles-mmesde rponses balbutiantes des questionsimprcises. Com- mentmettreau point, rendreclairesces manifestationsconfuses? En les faisant passer, il semble, de l'expressivit la signification. On est satisfait quand on sait, non plus seulement ce qu'elles ontl'air de vou- loirdire, mais ce qu'elles disent, ou ce qu'ellessignifient rellement. L'animal appelle sa femelle, les oiseauxsonten migration, la fleurattire l'insecte qui servira la fcondation, l'lectricit atmosphrique se dcharge, le vent pousse les nuages et agite les arbres parcequ'il y a une dpressionbaromtrique centresur les Aores. Dans un pome connu de HenriHeine S le jeune hommeau bord*dela mer se tordles mains 4ans son dsirviolentde rsoudre la douloureuseet vieille nigme . Mais les vagues continuentleurternel murmure, les nuages continuent fuirdans le vent, les toilesscintillentfroideset indiffrentes...et un fouattendune rponse . Le jeune hommede Heine peutpasserpour fou, non parceque ces questions sont folles - la naturevisiblea justement l'air de les poser elle-mme - mais parceque la natureest bien dcide ne pas rpondre,