t ort ured ▁ad oles cent ", ▁post - 1 9 6 0 , ▁he ▁had ▁become ▁" a ▁radi ant ▁man , ▁relax ed ▁and ▁cheer ful ", ▁even ▁being ▁described ▁by ▁those ▁who ▁worked ▁with ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁d andy . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁emb od ied ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁" the ▁milit ant ▁intellectual ". ▁ ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁an ▁at he ist . ▁He ▁loved ▁classical ▁music , ▁particularly ▁enjo ying ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Johann ▁Sebastian ▁Bach ▁and ▁Wolfgang ▁Ama de us ▁Moz art , ▁and ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁we aring ▁t urt l ene ck ▁swe aters . ▁After ▁his ▁death , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁friend ▁Georges ▁Dum é zil ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁having ▁possessed ▁" a ▁prof ound ▁kind ness ▁and ▁good ness ", ▁also ▁exhib iting ▁an ▁" int elligence ▁[ that ] ▁literally ▁knew ▁no ▁bounds ." ▁His ▁life - part ner ▁Daniel ▁De fert ▁inherited ▁his ▁estate . ▁ ▁Polit ics ▁Polit ically , ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁a ▁left ist ▁throughout ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁though ▁his ▁particular ▁st ance ▁within ▁the ▁left ▁often ▁changed . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁while ▁never ▁adopt ing ▁an ▁orth odox ▁Marx ist ▁view point , ▁Fou ca ult ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Commun ist ▁Party , ▁leaving ▁the ▁party ▁after ▁three ▁years ▁as ▁he ▁expressed ▁dis g ust ▁in ▁the ▁pre jud ice