Collected Maxims and Other Reflections

Author: Fran^cois de La Rochefoucauld
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199540004

Collected Maxims and Other Reflections (Oxford World's Classics)

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. Get Collected Maxims and Other Reflections literature books for free.
This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the RAflexions diverses (Miscellaneous Reflections). This edition includes an excellent introduction that surveys La Rochefoucauld's life, the genesis of his work, its form and content, and its influence, as well as comprehensive explanatory notes. A table of alternative maxim numbers and an extensive and invaluable index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly Check Collected Maxims and Other Reflections our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the RAflexions diverses (Miscellaneous Reflections) A table of alternative maxim numbers and an extensive and invaluable index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly

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