Maxims And Moral Reflections By The Duke De La Rochefoucault From The French
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Author | : François duc de La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780874138207 |
"In preparing his translation for an English audience, the anonymous translator made many references to English authors in his notes, among them More, Hobbes, Swift, and Milton. While he could also have used a variety of French comments on the duke's maximes as well, he deliberately chose to cater to his English readers by emphasizing English parallels and classical sources. In his introduction, Dr. Primer reviews the translation history of the duke's maxims and finds that some of the main characteristics of this translation were borrowed from the posthumously published French edition prepared by the Sieur Abraham-Nicholas Amelot de la Houssaye, whose presence in this edition is visible from time to time. The anonymous translator of selections from Amelot's edition adopted a more colloquial style than is generally associated with La Rochefoucauld's maxims; he also turns out to be significant not only as a translator but also as a reinterpreter of the central moral issue in the entire book. Most readers, including Jonathan Swift, had taken the duke's position on human nature to be the same as Hobbes's (stressing the human being's selfishness or natural egoism), but the translator/annotator finds that the duke's message is not inconsistent with the more positive view of human nature found in Lord Shaftesbury and in the poetry of Pope."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Fran^cois de La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2008-05-08 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0199540004 |
This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Miscellaneous Reflections. A table of alternative maxim numbers and an index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly.
Author | : François duc de La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1775 |
Genre | : Aphorisms and apothegms |
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Author | : François duc de La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Maxims |
ISBN | : |
Author | : François Duc De La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1504044495 |
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. This famed work by a noted French author of the Renaissance era, seventeenth-century nobleman François de La Rochefoucauld, offers hundreds of brief, brutally honest observations of humankind and its self-serving nature. The perfect read for any realist—or anyone with the desire to evaluate their moral standing—this edition includes three supplements with additional maxims and essays. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Author | : Duc Francois De La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2016-05-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781356815364 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Francois De La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2017-09-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781974634880 |
The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.
Author | : François duc de La Rochefoucauld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld, 161 |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781374417311 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Francois La Rochefoucauld, duc de |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2012-09-20 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781479350926 |
Of all the French epigrammatic writers La Rochefou- cauld is at once the most widely known, and the most distinguished. Voltaire, whose opinion on the cen- tury of Louis XIV. is entitled to the greatest weight, says, “One of the works that most largely contributed to form the taste of the nation, and to diffuse a spirit of justice and precision, is the collection of maxims, by Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld.”This Francois, the second Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac, the author of the maxims, was one of the most illustrious members of the most illus- trious families among the French noblesse.