Collected Maxims and Other Reflections
by François de La Rochefoucauld, E. H. Blackmore (Translator), A. M. Blackmore (Translator), Francine Giguère (Translator)
ISBN-10: 0199540004
ISBN-13: 9780199540006
$13.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Jul 15, 2008
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
7.50x1.10x5.00 Inches
Weight
0.61 Pounds
About the Book
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 Réflexions 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.
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