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Charles Pierre Péguy (; January 7, 1873 – September 5, 1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor born in Orléans. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing but non-practicing Roman Catholic.〔"Peguy' s Catholicism was closely allied with his love of France. Of him, as also of Psichari, it might almost be said that they were Catholics because they were Frenchmen. A non-Catholic Frenchman seemed a monstrosity, something cut off from the true life of his country. Some Catholicism is international or indifferent to country, with almost the motto, 'What matters country so long as the Church survives?' But that is not the Catholicism of these young Frenchmen, nor the Catholicism of the recent religious revival." — Rawlinson, Gerald Christopher (1917). ("Charles Péguy," ) in ''Recent French Tendencies from Renan to Claudel''. London: Robert Scott, p. 121.〕〔"In France the classic type of the fervent but non-practising Catholic was probably best represented by Charles Péguy". — Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Erik von (1952). (''Liberty or Equality'' ). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., p. 194.〕〔Ralph McInerny. ("Charles Péguy" ), 2005.〕 From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works. ==Biography== Péguy was born to poverty.〔MacLeod, Catriona (1937). "Charles Péguy (1873-1914)," ''The Irish Monthly'', Vol. 65, No. 770, pp. 529-541.〕 His mother Cécile, widowed when he was an infant, mended chairs for a living. His father, Désiré Péguy, was a cabinet maker, who died in 1874 as a result of combat wounds. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, winning a scholarship at the ''École Normale Supérieure'', where he attended notably the lectures of Henri Bergson and Romain Rolland, whom he befriended. He formally left the ''École Normale Supérieure'', without graduating, in 1897, even though he continued attending some lectures in 1898. Influenced by Lucien Herr (librarian of the ''École Normale Supérieure''), he became an ardent Dreyfusard. In 1897, at age 24, Péguy married Charlotte-Françoise Baudoin; they had one daughter and three sons, one of whom was born after Péguy's death. Around 1910 he fell deeply in love with Blanche Raphael, a young Jewish friend, however he was faithful to his wife. From his earliest years, he was influenced by socialism. In 1895 Péguy joined the Socialist Party. From 1900 to his death in 1914, he was the main contributor and the editor of the literary magazine ''Les Cahiers de la Quinzaine'', which first supported the Socialist Party director Jean Jaurès. Péguy ultimately ended his support after he began viewing Jaurès as a traitor to the nation and to socialism. In the ''Cahiers'', Péguy published not only his own essays and poetry, but also works by important contemporary authors such as Romain Rolland. His free verse poem, "Portico of the Mystery of the Second Virtue", has gone through more than 60 editions in France. It was a favorite book of Charles de Gaulle. When the Great War broke out, Péguy became a lieutenant in the 19th company of the French 276th Infantry Regiment. He died in battle, shot in the forehead, near Villeroy, Seine-et-Marne on the day before the beginning of the Battle of the Marne.〔Schmitt, Hans (1953). "Charles Péguy: The Man and the Legend, 1873-1953," ''Chicago Review'', Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 24-37.〕 There is a memorial to Péguy near the field where he was killed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Péguy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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