Jean de la Bruyere / Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec avec Les

Description: Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec, avec Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de ce Siecle Author: Jean de la Bruyere Title: Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec, avec Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de ce Siecle Publication: Paris: Estienn & Michallet, 1699 Edition: Tenth Description: 652, xliv. Jean de La Bruyere (1645 â€" 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire The plan of "Les Caracteres" is thoroughly original, if that term may be accorded to a novel, and skillful combination of elements exists in it The treatise of Theophrastus may have furnished the concept, but it gave little more With the ethical generalizations and social Dutch paintings accompanying his original, La Bruyere combined the peculiarities of the Montaigne Essais, of the Pensees, and Maximes of which Pascal and La Rochefoucauld are the masters respectively, and lastly of that peculiar seventeenth century product, the "portrait" or elaborate literary picture of the personal and mental characteristics of an individual The result was quite unlike anything that had been seen previously, and, it has not been exactly reproduced since, although the essay of Addison and Steele resembles it very closely, especially in the introduction of fancy portraits La Bruyere's privileged position at Chantilly provided him with a unique vantage point from which he could witness the hypocrisy and corruption of the court of Louis XIV As a Christian moralist, he aimed at reforming people's manners and ways by publishing records of his observations of aristocratic foibles and follies, which earned him many enemies at the court In the titles of his work, and in its extreme desultoriness, La Bruyere reminds the reader of Montaigne, but he aimed too much at sententiousness to attempt even the apparent continuity of the great essayist The short paragraphs of which his chapters consist are made up of maxims proper, of criticisms literary and ethical, and above all, of the celebrated sketches of individuals baptized with names taken from the plays and romances of the time These last are the greatest feature of the work, and that which gave it its immediate, if not its enduring, popularity They are wonderfully piquant, extraordinarily lifelike in a certain sense, and must have given great pleasure or (more frequently) exquisite pain to the apparent subjects, who in many cases were unmistakable and most recognizable This stated tenth edition volume is bound in full leather featuring raised bands and gilt tooling and lettering on the panels The work is adorned with an engraved portrait frontispiece titled "Tout Espirit orgueilleux qui s'aime Par mes lecons se void gueri; Et dans mon livre si cheri, Apprend a se hair soy-mesme" The title page is printed in red and black The work is bound with "Discours Prononce Dans L'Academie Francoise" The book shows mild to moderate signs of age and wear with light rubbing/scraping to the boards as well as a section of material lacking from the spine cover The spine also shows some edgewear/cracking Text is clear and crisp through mild age toning The title page has been trimmed at the top with no obstruction to the text Endpapers show previous owner inscriptions and labels 652, xliv pp. Good-. Seller ID: AA768 Baykorp Books Selling quality books and related items at reasonable prices. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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