Collected Maxims and Other Reflections: with parallel French text (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Author), E.H. Blackmore (Translator), A.M. Blackmore (Translator), Francine Giguere (Translator) "This fifth edition of the Moral Reflections has been enlarged by more than a hundred maxims, and is more accurate than the four previous ones..." (more)
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This superb publication of La Rouchefoucauld's seminal 'Maxims' combines the erudition and comprehensiveness of a scholarly edition with the welcoming accessibility of a first-class textbook. Kevin De Ornellas, University of Ulster

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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 Reflexions 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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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Bilingual edition (April 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192806491
• ISBN-13: 978-0192806499
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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