Maxims

by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Leonard Tancock

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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.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780140440959
ISBN10	014044095X
Series/Work	OL571112W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Penguin Classics
Pages	126
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Early works to 1800 European - French Fiction French French Didactic literature French Maxims Historical - General History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century Literary reference works Maximes Maxims Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries Philosophy Philosophy, french Philosophy, modern, 17th century Translations into English

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