Maxims

Author(s)

• La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de
• Tancock, Leonard William

Bibliographic Information

Maxims

La Rochefoucauld ; translated with an introduction by Leonard Tancock

（Penguin classics）

Penguin, 1959

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.

Table of Contents

Maxims - La Rochefoucauld Translated by Leonard TancockIntroduction Portraits Self-Portrait of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld Portrait of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld by Cardinal de Retz Portrait of Cardinal de Retz by La Rochefoucauld Maxims Reflections or Aphorisms and Moral Maxims Posthumous Maxims Maxims withdrawn by the Author Notes

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Details

• NCID: BA07362670
• ISBN:
  • 014044095X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: 126 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC19 : 848/.402
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Aphorisms in French, 1600-1715 - English texts
  • LCSH : Aphorisms and apothegms
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646