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

La Rochefoucauld, Fran^cois De; Blackmore, E.H.; Blackmore, A.M.; Giguère, Francine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192806491 ISBN 13: 9780192806499

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 Réflexions 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.

About this title

About the Author

H. Blackmore, A.M. Blackmore, and Francine Giguère are all freelance writers and translators.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192806491
• ISBN 13: 9780192806499
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400