Author: François de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 2957404826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Of all the French epigrammatic writers, La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) is at once the most widely known and the most distinguished. Voltaire said: "One of the works that most largely contributed to form the taste of the [French] nation, and to diffuse a spirit of justice and precision, is the collection of maxims by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld; though there is scarcely more than one truth running through the book-that 'self-love is the motive of everything'-yet, this thought is presented under so many varied aspects that it is nearly always striking." And Lord Chesterfield, in his letters to his son: "Till you come to know mankind by your own experience, I know no thing nor no man that can in the meantime bring you so well acquainted with them as La Rochefoucauld: his little book of Maxims, which I would advise you to look into, for some moments at least, every day of your life, is, I fear, too like and too exact a picture of human nature. I own it seems to degrade it, but yet my experience does not convince me that it degrades it unjustly." The Maxims were first published in 1665, under the title "Reflections or sentences and moral maxims"; and the edition of 1678, the fifth, from which the text has been used for the present translation, was the last revised by the author and published in his lifetime (with maxims numbered 1 to 504). Maxims which appeared in previous editions and were suppressed by La Rochefoucauld can be found in the second part, entitled "Maxims withdrawn by the author", here numbered 505 to 583. The French original of this bilingual edition was reviewed by Philippe Renaud. The English translation, originally by John William Willis-Bund and James Hain Friswell, has been thoroughly revised by Rebecca Hazell and Philippe Renaud.
The Maxims (Bilingual Edition: French Text, with a Revised English Translation)
Author: François de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 2957404826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Of all the French epigrammatic writers, La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) is at once the most widely known and the most distinguished. Voltaire said: "One of the works that most largely contributed to form the taste of the [French] nation, and to diffuse a spirit of justice and precision, is the collection of maxims by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld; though there is scarcely more than one truth running through the book-that 'self-love is the motive of everything'-yet, this thought is presented under so many varied aspects that it is nearly always striking." And Lord Chesterfield, in his letters to his son: "Till you come to know mankind by your own experience, I know no thing nor no man that can in the meantime bring you so well acquainted with them as La Rochefoucauld: his little book of Maxims, which I would advise you to look into, for some moments at least, every day of your life, is, I fear, too like and too exact a picture of human nature. I own it seems to degrade it, but yet my experience does not convince me that it degrades it unjustly." The Maxims were first published in 1665, under the title "Reflections or sentences and moral maxims"; and the edition of 1678, the fifth, from which the text has been used for the present translation, was the last revised by the author and published in his lifetime (with maxims numbered 1 to 504). Maxims which appeared in previous editions and were suppressed by La Rochefoucauld can be found in the second part, entitled "Maxims withdrawn by the author", here numbered 505 to 583. The French original of this bilingual edition was reviewed by Philippe Renaud. The English translation, originally by John William Willis-Bund and James Hain Friswell, has been thoroughly revised by Rebecca Hazell and Philippe Renaud.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 2957404826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Of all the French epigrammatic writers, La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) is at once the most widely known and the most distinguished. Voltaire said: "One of the works that most largely contributed to form the taste of the [French] nation, and to diffuse a spirit of justice and precision, is the collection of maxims by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld; though there is scarcely more than one truth running through the book-that 'self-love is the motive of everything'-yet, this thought is presented under so many varied aspects that it is nearly always striking." And Lord Chesterfield, in his letters to his son: "Till you come to know mankind by your own experience, I know no thing nor no man that can in the meantime bring you so well acquainted with them as La Rochefoucauld: his little book of Maxims, which I would advise you to look into, for some moments at least, every day of your life, is, I fear, too like and too exact a picture of human nature. I own it seems to degrade it, but yet my experience does not convince me that it degrades it unjustly." The Maxims were first published in 1665, under the title "Reflections or sentences and moral maxims"; and the edition of 1678, the fifth, from which the text has been used for the present translation, was the last revised by the author and published in his lifetime (with maxims numbered 1 to 504). Maxims which appeared in previous editions and were suppressed by La Rochefoucauld can be found in the second part, entitled "Maxims withdrawn by the author", here numbered 505 to 583. The French original of this bilingual edition was reviewed by Philippe Renaud. The English translation, originally by John William Willis-Bund and James Hain Friswell, has been thoroughly revised by Rebecca Hazell and Philippe Renaud.
Maxims
Author: François duc de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
English and French texts.
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
English and French texts.
Maxims
Author: François de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758150578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This is the first-ever French-English edition of La Rochefoucauld's Reflexions, ou sentences et maximes morales, long known in English simply as the Maxims. The translation, the first to appear in forty years, is completely new and aims -- unlike all previous versions -- at being as literal as possible. This involves, among other things, rendering the same word -- for example, amour-propre as self-love - as consistently throughout as good sense allows. This also means that the translators have made every effort to maintain La Rochefoucauld's word order. This allows the reader the best vantage point for viewing La Rochefoucauld's dramatic and paradoxical juxtapositions of words and ideas, juxtapositions of the utmost importance to understanding his thought. Despite the translation's concern with literalness, careful attention has been paid to the nuances of the literary character of the Maxims.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758150578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This is the first-ever French-English edition of La Rochefoucauld's Reflexions, ou sentences et maximes morales, long known in English simply as the Maxims. The translation, the first to appear in forty years, is completely new and aims -- unlike all previous versions -- at being as literal as possible. This involves, among other things, rendering the same word -- for example, amour-propre as self-love - as consistently throughout as good sense allows. This also means that the translators have made every effort to maintain La Rochefoucauld's word order. This allows the reader the best vantage point for viewing La Rochefoucauld's dramatic and paradoxical juxtapositions of words and ideas, juxtapositions of the utmost importance to understanding his thought. Despite the translation's concern with literalness, careful attention has been paid to the nuances of the literary character of the Maxims.
Reflexions Ov Sentences Et Maximes Morales
Author: François duc de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Reflexions Ou Sentences Et Maximes Morales
Reflexions Ou Sentences Et Maximes Morales
Author: Francois De la Rochefoucauld (duc)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Law Glossary: Being a Selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian Sentences, Phrases, and Maxims, Found in the Leading English and American Reports and Elementary Works
Author: Thomas Tayler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionaries, Polyglot
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionaries, Polyglot
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Reflections
Author: John William Willis Bund
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337754600
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337754600
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Reflexions, Ou, Sentences Et Maximes Morales
Author: François duc de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reflections, Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims
Author: François duc de La Rochefoucauld
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maxims
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description