The Maxims Bilingual Edition French Text With A Revised English Translation

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The Maxims Bilingual Edition French Text With A Revised English Translation

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Author : François de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-02-14

The Maxims Bilingual Edition French Text With A Revised English Translation written by François de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-14 with Fiction categories.

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appeared in previous editions and were suppressed by La Rochefoucauld can be found in the second part, entitled "Maxims withdrawn by the author", here numbered 505 to 583.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.

Rochefoucauld The Maxims

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Author : Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-06

Rochefoucauld The Maxims written by Rochefoucauld and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-06 with Maxims, French categories.

"La Rochefoucauld knew almost everything about the human soul, so that practically every discovery one can make oneself, as one advances through life, has been anticipated by him and formulated in the briefest and most elegant phrases." - Aldous Huxley, Along the Road

Maxims Of Life Containing The French Text With English Translation Of Maximes De La Vie And The Section Questions G N Rales From Le Livre D Or

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Author : Comtesse DIANE (pseud)
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908

Maxims Of Life Containing The French Text With English Translation Of Maximes De La Vie And The Section Questions G N Rales From Le Livre D Or written by Comtesse DIANE (pseud) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with categories.

Maxims

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Author : François duc de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Maxims written by François duc de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Philosophy categories.

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.

Moral Maxims

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Author : François duc de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2003

Moral Maxims written by François duc de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.

"In preparing his translation for an English audience, the anonymous translator made many references to English authors in his notes, among them More, Hobbes, Swift, and Milton. While he could also have used a variety of French comments on the duke's maximes as well, he deliberately chose to cater to his English readers by emphasizing English parallels and classical sources. In his introduction, Dr. Primer reviews the translation history of the duke's maxims and finds that some of the main characteristics of this translation were borrowed from the posthumously published French edition prepared by the Sieur Abraham-Nicholas Amelot de la Houssaye, whose presence in this edition is visible from time to time. The anonymous translator of selections from Amelot's edition adopted a more colloquial style than is generally associated with La Rochefoucauld's maxims; he also turns out to be significant not only as a translator but also as a reinterpreter of the central moral issue in the entire book. Most readers, including Jonathan Swift, had taken the duke's position on human nature to be the same as Hobbes's (stressing the human being's selfishness or natural egoism), but the translator/annotator finds that the duke's message is not inconsistent with the more positive view of human nature found in Lord Shaftesbury and in the poetry of Pope."--BOOK JACKET.

Maxims

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Author : François de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01

Maxims written by François de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01 with categories.

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.

Reflections Or Sentences And Moral Maxims

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Author : François duc de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

Reflections Or Sentences And Moral Maxims written by François duc de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Maxims categories.

Moral Maxims And Reflections In Iv Parts Now Made English The Second Edition Revised With The Addition Of Cxxxv Maxims Not Translated Before

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Author : François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (2nd Duke.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1706

Moral Maxims And Reflections In Iv Parts Now Made English The Second Edition Revised With The Addition Of Cxxxv Maxims Not Translated Before written by François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (2nd Duke.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1706 with categories.

Seneca Unmasqued

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Author : François de La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Seneca Unmasqued written by François de La Rochefoucauld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.

La Rochefoucauld Maxims

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Author : La Rochefoucauld
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2006-10-06

La Rochefoucauld Maxims written by La Rochefoucauld and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-06 with Philosophy categories.

Often poetic, occasionally ironic, and frequently humorous, this collection of more than 500 thought-provoking revelations will also serve as a sourcebook for anyone who needs a quick quip.