{"id":2207,"date":"2025-05-08T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mots-de-diderot.fr\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2025-05-11T17:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:54:13","slug":"mais-quel-est-donc-cet-illustre-inconnu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mots-de-diderot.fr\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"Mais qui est donc cet illustre inconnu ?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ch\u00e8re Marie,<\/p>\n

Cela fait une bonne dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es maintenant que je te pose cette m\u00eame question, comme une mauvaise boutade, \u00e0 chaque fois que l\u2019occasion de concilier rire et travail se pr\u00e9sente dans les r\u00e9unions de l\u2019ENCCRE<\/em>\u00a0: mais qui est donc ce fameux \u00e9crivain, \u00e9diteur de l\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em>, cet illustre inconnu, qui t\u2019occupe tant et auquel nous avons consacr\u00e9 tant de nos nombreuses et passionnantes r\u00e9unions ?<\/p>\n

Comment est-il possible de passer autant de temps sur cet homme dont tout indique qu\u2019il a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le aussi important pour l\u2019ouvrage qui nous occupe et dans les travaux que tu as conduits\u00a0?<\/p>\n

L\u2019article INCONNU (Gramm<\/em>.)<\/a>, sign\u00e9 du m\u00eame personnage[1]<\/a><\/sup>, affirme que le mot \u00ab\u00a0ne se dit point des choses qu\u2019on ne connoit point ; car on ne dit rien de ce qu\u2019on ne connoit pas, mais des choses qu\u2019on connoit & des qualit\u00e9s qu\u2019on y soup\u00e7onne\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Cette fa\u00e7on d\u2019entendre le terme me rassure en quelque sorte\u00a0: la question que je pose avec la b\u00e9atitude de l\u2019ignorant et le bonheur du joyeux plaisantin, ne serait peut-\u00eatre pas aussi b\u00eate qu\u2019elle en a l\u2019air\u00a0? \u00a0Si tel \u00e9tait le cas, je ne le devrais de fait qu\u2019\u00e0 ce m\u00eame (et toujours) illustre inconnu\u2026<\/p>\n

Comble de l\u2019ironie, je me retrouve en tous cas \u00e0 mettre par \u00e9crit les b\u00eatises que je ne prof\u00e9rais habituellement qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019oral, le tout au c\u0153ur de ces jolis m\u00e9langes que nous t\u2019offrons aujourd\u2019hui, autour de ce fameux inconnu, faute d\u2019avoir trouv\u00e9 un mot qui m\u2019inspire suffisamment, ou sur lequel je sois capable d\u2019\u00e9crire autre chose que mes idioties habituelles.<\/p>\n

Ce n\u2019est \u00e9videmment pas, comme tu l\u2019imagines, la derni\u00e8re fois que je pose la question. L\u2019occasion \u00e9tait trop belle cependant pour ne pas partager publiquement le bonheur que j\u2019ai eu de pouvoir te la poser et de te la reposer au long cours de cette belle aventure que nous avons initi\u00e9e il y a pr\u00e8s de quinze ans avec Ir\u00e8ne et Alain, et tous et toutes[2]<\/a><\/sup> les autres coll\u00e8gues qui ont accept\u00e9 de se joindre \u00e0 nous.<\/p>\n

Si je n\u2019ai donc toujours pas compris de qui il s\u2019agit, je n\u2019en ai pas moins \u00e9norm\u00e9ment appris gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 toi sur l\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em> et son illustre inconnu.<\/p>\n

Quel plaisir de t\u2019entendre nous parler de l\u2019un comme de l\u2019autre, d\u2019apprendre \u00e0 tes c\u00f4t\u00e9s, de te voir t\u2019emporter, temp\u00eater, renvoyer les uns aux travaux de Proust, les autres au catalogue de Darty, de t\u2019\u00e9couter et te lire d\u00e9fendre pied \u00e0 pied une certaine fa\u00e7on de concevoir le travail historique et les \u00e9tudes sur l\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em> au milieu de l\u2019oc\u00e9an de donn\u00e9es num\u00e9riques qui nous entoure d\u00e9sormais, et dont nous avons essay\u00e9 de faire, avec l\u2019ENCCRE<\/em>, un espace rigoureux et accueillant o\u00f9 nous puissions retrouver nos rep\u00e8res, partager le savoir accumul\u00e9 sur l\u2019ouvrage, rendre l\u2019\u0153uvre plus accessible, de sorte que toute personne susceptible de se demander ce que peut bien contenir cette fameuse Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em> dirig\u00e9e par un illustre inconnu (et le non moins c\u00e9l\u00e8bre D\u2019Alembert\u00a0 pour le pauvre historien des math\u00e9matiques que je suis) puisse esp\u00e9rer trouver une r\u00e9ponse la moins idiote possible, \u00e0 la hauteur \u00ab\u00a0de ce qui ne pouvait \u00eatre l\u2019ouvrage d\u2019un seul homme\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est un bel accomplissement auquel je suis heureux d\u2019avoir particip\u00e9 \u00e0 tes c\u00f4t\u00e9s, contribuant peut-\u00eatre ainsi, c\u2019est un comble, \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la fameuse question.<\/p>\n

Bien encyclop\u00e9diquement,<\/p>\n

Un v\u00e9ritable inconnu<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Grand merci \u00e0 Ir\u00e8ne d\u2019avoir attir\u00e9 mon attention sur l\u2019article\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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[2]<\/a> Un soup\u00e7on d\u2019\u00e9criture paritaire te charmera au plus haut point, j\u2019en suis s\u00fbr\u00a0\uf04a<\/p>\n

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