Penguin Classics PenguinClassics RSS

click to view
synopsis
review this book
table of contents

Maxims

La Rochefoucauld - Author
Leonard Tancock - Translator
Leonard Tancock - Introduction by
£8.99
add to basket view basket
Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 128 pages | ISBN 9780140440959 | 25 Jun 1981 | Penguin Classic
Maxims
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. Maxims - La Rochefoucauld

Translated by Leonard Tancock

Introduction
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Maxims withdrawn by the Author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


Send this page to a friend