Collected Maxims and Other Reflections

Collected Maxims and Other Reflections
Author: Fran^cois de La Rochefoucauld
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2008-05-08
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780199540006

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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.

Maxims and Reflections

Maxims and Reflections
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publsiher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780141939186

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Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills ... Goethe was probably the last true ‘Renaissance Man’. Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar’s court, where he helped oversee major mining, road-building and irrigation projects, he also painted, directed plays, carried out research in anatomy, botany and optics – and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre. His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Although variable in quality, the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man. They make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers.

Reflections Or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections  Or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Author: Francois La Rochefoucauld, duc de
Publsiher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1479350923

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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.

Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections  or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Author: François duc de La Rochefoucauld
Publsiher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2022-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: EAN:8596547010173

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This book is an English translation of the ideas of Francois Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, a noted French moralist and author of maxims and memoirs. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and is best known for his maxims, presented here in the translation by Willis Bund and Hain Friswell.

Maxims and Reflections

Maxims and Reflections
Author: La Rochefoucauld
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2020-09-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1420970224

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"Maxims and Reflections" is a collection of wisdom and advice by Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, a noted French aristocrat, soldier and author. La Rochefoucauld was born in 1613 in Paris to a wealthy family and was well-educated in the traditional aristocratic studies of the time, which included military history, court etiquette, hunting, proper dress, comportment, and world relations. He took an active interest in public and political issues at a young age and was well-known during his life for his bravery in military campaigns and for his involvement in sophisticated literary circles. In 1665, he published the first volume of his "Maxims" anonymously. These brief and eloquent words of wisdom and advice were quite popular when they first appeared. La Rochefoucauld went on to add and expand on the "Maxims" and published new editions several times throughout his life. The maxims and reflections compiled together in this edition touch on many aspects of life, including love, passion, politics, pride, vanity, sincerity, and the countless quirks of human nature. La Rochefoucauld's observations are clever and astute and remain as thought-provoking and insightful as when they were first written. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translations of J. W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell.

Reflections Or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections  Or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Author: Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
Publsiher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2015-05-30
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1514133709

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Translated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times by J. W. Willis Bund, M.A. LL.B and J. Hain Friswell.

The Maxims Bilingual Edition French Text with a Revised English Translation

The Maxims  Bilingual Edition  French Text  with a Revised English Translation
Author: François de La Rochefoucauld
Publsiher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2022-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9782957404827

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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 and Reflections Ricordi

Maxims and Reflections  Ricordi
Author: Francesco Guicciardini
Publsiher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1965
Genre: History
ISBN: UOM:39015003660118

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Review: "Unlike Machiavelli-inveterate dreamer and cynic-Guicciardini's mind is remarkable for the balance and masterly coolness of its judgment."-Federico Chabod "In the history of Renaissance thought, Guicciardini's Ricordi occupy a place of singular importance. Few works of the sixteenth century allow us so penetrating an insight into the views and sentiments of its author as these reflections of the great Italian historian. . . . Like Machiavelli's Prince, the Ricordi form one of the outstanding documents of a time of crisis and transition; but unlike the Prince, they range over a wide field of private as well as public life. In doing so, they revel the man as well as the political theorist."-Nicolai Rubenstein, from the Introduction.