Collected Maxims and Other Reflections with parallel French text Oxford World’s Classics 1st Edition by François de La Rochefoucauld, Blackmore, Francine Giguère 9780192806499 0192806491

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ISBN 10: 0192806491

ISBN 13: 9780192806499

Author: François de La Rochefoucauld, E.H. Blackmore, A.M. Blackmore, Francine Giguère

‘Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise.’ Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld’s shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behaviour have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. The author gave himself the following advice: ‘The reader’s best policy is to assume that none of these maxims is directed at him, and that he is the sole exception…After that, I guarantee that he will be the first to subscribe to them.’ 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). A table of alternative maxim numbers and an 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 favourite themes, such as self-love, vice and virtue, love and jealousy, friendship and self-interest, passion and pride. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Table of contents:

1. Principal Abbreviations

2. Introduction

3. Note on the Text and Translation

4. Select Bibliography

5. A Chronology of François de La Rochefoucauld

6. Réflexions ou Sentences et Maximes morales

7. Moral Reflections or Sententiae and Maxims: fifth edition, 1678 (V)

8. The 1678 Table des matières / Index

9. Maxims Finally Withdrawn by La Rochefoucauld

10. Maxims Never Published by La Rochefoucauld

11. Réflexions diverses (Miscellaneous Reflections)

12. Addenda to the Réflexions diverses

13. Portrait de M. R. D. fait par lui-même (Portrait of Monsieur R––––d, by Himself)

14. Appendix: Maxims of Doubtful Authenticity

15. Explanatory Notes

16. Table of Alternative Maxim Numbers

17. Index of Topics

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