Maxims
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Captures the philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, in more than 600 aphorisms.
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This French author is renowned for his maxims and memoirs. His worldview was clear-eyed and urbane, neither condemning human conduct nor sentimentally celebrating it. His work embodies the accomplished 17th-century nobleman, examining human nature with a balanced perspective. His maxims remain timeless observations of the human psyche.
- 1981
