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This volume contains Books VI VIII ofDe laReligion. These books
cover the constitutive elements of sacerdotal polytheism (VI), the
constitutive elements of non-sacerdotal polytheism (VII), and the
Homeric poems (VIII). They occupy a key position in the economy of
the work as a whole by contrasting the two forms of polytheism. In
addition, this volume includes an interesting discussion of the
so-called Homer Question. "
This volume contains the first of five volumes of Constant s De la
Religion. It comprises two books with a different thematic focus:
book one presents an outline of the sentiment religieux, while book
2 deals with questions of fetishism. It also makes accessible all
available documents relating to the publication of this first
volume as well as the first ever edition of Constant s Carnet de
notes depuis le 29 septembre 1824."
Volume 7 contains the journal written in Greek characters and kept
by the author between 1811 and 1816. It traces his itinerary from
the point where he left Switzerland for Germany up to his return to
Paris under the Second Restoration. The journal records Constant's
stay in Germany, the Cent-jours, his volte-face to Napoleon and the
Empire, and his exile in London, alongside the author's errant
sentimental attachments to Charlotte von Hardenberg, Juliette
RA(c)camier, and Mme de StaAl, and his ongoing scholarly
aspirations and frustrated political ambitions. The journal is
followed by the carnet written after an accident, and a series of
notebooks on his expenses, which Constant kept to his death. The
texts come with the usual resources: a chronology, a record of the
author's movements, listings of persons and proper names, a
bibliography, and various indexes.
Volume VI of the AComplete WorksA contains the first two of the
Intimate Journals, the full-length Journal (1804-1805) and the
abridged version (1804-1807), complete with an exhaustive
description of notable features in the manuscripts and a set of
notes far broader in scope than those of the first edition (1952).
The Journals are followed by a hitherto unedited dossier kept by
Constant on the financial differences between himself and his
father. This document, titled AAffaire de mon pA]reA, enhances our
understanding of the complex relations between the two men. The
volume also provides a useful critical apparatus including a
chronology, a list of works cited by Constant, a bibliography,
indexes of personal and place names, etc.
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