books by La Rochefoucauld     books:     La Rochefoucauld      Maximes Et Reflections Diverses (Folio Ser No. 728) Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld Schoenhofs Foreign Books, 1976 The Duke is on to us! La Rochefoucauld predicates his system of aphorisms on the observation which heads the first section of his book, to wit, that our virtues are merely our vices in disguise. If you are offended by this notion, that is precisely why you ought to read this book, which ...             Reflections Or Sentences And Moral Maxims Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld Kessinger Publishing, 2004 There is a kind of politeness which is necessary in the intercourse among gentlemen, it makes them comprehend badinage, and it keeps them from using and employing certain figures of speech, too rude and unrefined, which are often used thoughtlessly when we hold to our opinion with too much warmth.             La Rochefoucauld Maxims (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) La Rochefoucauld Dover Publications, 2006 Thought provoking Somewhat like Freud, La Rochefoucauld had an elevated view of his introspective objectivity. Also like Freud, he offers a number of ideas that provoke thought if only because they so loudly demand refutation. Between the pompous and the annoying, La Rochefoucauld ...             Maxims of Le Duc De La Rochefoucauld(1448-9) LA Duc De Rochefoucauld Branden Books, 1982 Good antedote to idealism, but A dark book from a dark political era claims that self-interest and arrogance is at the root of it all. It is pithy and cutting and entirely worthwhile and unfortunately neglected. Even though it has great observations, people should fight against its crippling realism.             Moral Maxims Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld University of Delaware Press, 2002 Every major author in the eighteenth century knew La Rochefoucauld's Maximes; Voltaire reported that the French knew these maxims by heart. Now, for the first time, scholars of anglo-French literary relations can read eaxh maxim in this period translation together with its French original. For added convenience, the editor has also supplied an ...             Maxims (Penguin Classics) La Rochefoucauld Penguin Classics, 1982 The 'Maxims' as a Classic of 'Crooked Wisdom.' The famous Indian classic, Kautilya's 'Arthasastra,' a treatise which deals with the attainment of worldly ends, distinguishes between two kinds of wisdom - Straight and Crooked. To the former belong (to use Western examples) such works as 'The Imitation of Christ' ...             Maximes Et Reflexions (French Edition) La Rochefoucauld Flammarion             Collected Maxims and Other Reflections (Oxford World's Classics) Francois de La Rochefoucauld Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 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 ...             Maximes et pensées La Rochefoucauld Silvaire, 1998             Seneca Unmasqued: Aphra Behn's Translation of LA Rochefoucauld's Maxims : A Bilingual Edition (Ams Studies in ... Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, Aphra Behn AMS Press, 2001 The second English translation of La Rochefoucauld's maxims was made by Mrs Aphra Behn, a woman who is now admired as England's first professional female author. This facing-page bilingual edition offers an accurate translation of the text, an introduction and extensive annotations of the maxims.             Reflections; Or Sentences and Moral Maxims Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Echo Library, 2007 The 1871 translation by Bund and Friswell of several hundred maxims          products you might be interested in search for books eighteenth, literature, reflections, reflexions, rochefoucauld, translation      geepe.com    web we recommend The 'Maxims' as a Classic of 'Crooked Wisdom.' randomly chosen book: Finding Reality: Awakening to Spiritual Freedom