The Moral Maxims and Reflections of the Duke De La Rochefoucauld: With an Introduction and Notes - Softcover

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Sharp, spare maxims reveal what drives our actions in society—and why self-love predates every choice. This edition offers a compact, lucid look at the famous collection of maxims and reflections. It frames La Rochefoucauld’s cool, impersonal observations as a window into human behavior, courage, vanity, and the social world of his time. Read for a clear sense of how personal motives shape manners, and how a single line can expose a universal truth.

• Learn how brief aphorisms dissect motives behind everyday actions
• Explore the author’s method: concise, impersonal observation sharpened by irony
• See how 17th-century French life and its salons influenced moral thought
• Appreciate a historical voice that grounds timeless questions about virtue and self-interest

Ideal for readers of philosophy, moral reflections, and literary biographies who enjoy pithy insight without heavy rhetoric.

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