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Collected Maxims and Other Reflections

By La Rochefoucauld, François De

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Collected Maxims and Other Reflections

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Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behavior have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Reflexions diverses (Miscellaneous Reflections). This edition includes an excellent introduction that surveys La Rochefoucauld's life, the genesis of his work, its form and content, and its influence, as well as comprehensive explanatory notes. A table of alternative maxim numbers and an extensive and invaluable index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly and to appreciate the full range of La Rochefoucauld's thought on any of his favorite themes, such as self-love, vice and virtue, love and jealousy, friendship and self-interest, passion and pride.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2008-07-15
Publication Date:
2008-07-15
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199540004
ISBN13:
9780199540006
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
295 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
191 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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