La Rochefoucauld Livres
Cet auteur français est réputé pour ses maximes et ses mémoires, qui offrent une perspective claire et urbaine sur la nature humaine. Son œuvre présente une vision équilibrée de la conduite et du sentiment humains, sans les condamner ni les célébrer sentimentalement, reflétant ainsi son statut de noble accompli du XVIIe siècle. Son héritage littéraire réside dans ses observations pénétrantes des motivations humaines, rendues dans un style concis et percutant.
Maxims
- 168pages
- 6 heures de lecture
This is the first-ever French-English edition of La Rochefoucauld's Reflexions, ou sentences et maximes morales, long known in English simply as the Maxims. The translation, the first to appear in forty years, is completely new and aims -- unlike all previous versions -- at being as literal as possible. This involves, among other things, rendering the same word -- for example, amour-propre as self-love - as consistently throughout as good sense allows. This also means that the translators have made every effort to maintain La Rochefoucauld's word order. This allows the reader the best vantage point for viewing La Rochefoucauld's dramatic and paradoxical juxtapositions of words and ideas, juxtapositions of the utmost importance to understanding his thought. Despite the translation's concern with literalness, careful attention has been paid to the nuances of the literary character of the Maxims.
