Reflections; Or Sentences and Moral Maxims - Softcover

Rochefoucauld, Francois Duc De La

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692340041 ISBN 13: 9780692340042

Publisher: Loki's Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

"As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature—I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind."—Swift. "Les Maximes de la Rochefoucauld sont des proverbs des gens d'esprit."—Montesquieu. "Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations."—Sir J. Mackintosh. "Translators should not work alone; for good Et Propria Verba do not always occur to one mind."—Luther's Table Talk, iii.

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About the Author

François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. The view of human conduct his writings describe has been summed up by the words "everything is reducible to the motive of self-interest", though the term "gently cynical" has also been applied. Born in Paris in the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when the royal court was oscillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it, he was considered an exemplar of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman. Until 1650, he bore the title of Prince de Marcillac.

Edition details

• Publisher: Loki's Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692340041
• ISBN 13: 9780692340042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120