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Disguised Vices

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Author : Michael Moriarty
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-08

Disguised Vices written by Michael Moriarty and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-08 with Literary Criticism categories.

The notions of virtue and vice are essential components of the Western ethical tradition. But in early modern France they were called into question, as writers, most famously La Rochefoucauld, argued that what appears as virtue is in fact disguised vice: people carry out praiseworthy deeds because they stand to gain in some way; they deserve no credit for their behaviour because they have no control over it; they are governed by feelings and motives of which they may not be aware. Disguised Vices analyses the underlying logic of these arguments, and investigates what is at stake in them. It traces the arguments back to their sources in earlier writers, showing how ancient philosophers, particularly Aristotle and Seneca, formulated the distinction between behaviour that counts as virtuous and behaviour that only seems so. It explains how St Augustine reinterpreted the distinction in the light of the difference between pagans and Christians, and how medieval and early modern theologians strove to reconcile Augustine's position with that of Aristotle. It examines the restatement of Augustine's position by his hard-line early modern followers (especially the Jansenists), and the controversy to which this gave rise. Finally, it examines La Rochefoucauld's critique of virtue and assesses the extent of its links with the Augustinian current of thought.

The Works Of Alexander Pope Including Unpublished Letters And Other New Materials Collected In Part By The Late Rt Hon J W Croker With Introduction And Notes By Whitwell Elwin And W J Courthope The Life Of Pope By W J Courthope With Portraits And Other Illustrations

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Author : Alexander Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

The Works Of Alexander Pope Including Unpublished Letters And Other New Materials Collected In Part By The Late Rt Hon J W Croker With Introduction And Notes By Whitwell Elwin And W J Courthope The Life Of Pope By W J Courthope With Portraits And Other Illustrations written by Alexander Pope and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.

The Works Of Alexander Pope

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Author : Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

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The Works Of Alexander Pope

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Author : Alexander Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

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The Works

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Author : Alexander Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

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Falsehood Disguised

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Author : Richard G. Hodgson
language : en
Publisher: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press
Release Date : 1995

Falsehood Disguised written by Richard G. Hodgson and has been published by West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Criticism categories.

Falsehood Disguised analyzes La Rochefoucauld's ideas on truth and falsehood in the context of his views on self-love, on the passions, and on vice and virtue. It also explores his views on the subject in relation to what he sees as the extremely fragile foundations of the social contract. It examines these thorny ethical problems first in the context of the Baroque culture that directly influenced his thought and then in the light of the work of other moralists, including Gracian, Daniel Dyke, Descartes, and the Jansenists Blaise Pascal and Pierre Nicole. Through close textual analysis of La Rochefoucauld's writings, Richard Hodgson studies the moralist's use of metaphors such as the mask as well as his very personal concept of what constitutes an etre vrai, or genuine person. The study then traces the impact of La Rochefoucauld's ideas on thinkers from Vauvenargues and Chamfort to Nietzsche, Lautreamont, and Lacan. It concludes by suggesting reasons why La Rochefoucauld's concept of truth continues to have such enormous appeal to the modern reader.

Essay On Man

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Author : Alexander Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879

Essay On Man written by Alexander Pope and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Poetry categories.

Pope Essay On Man Ed By M Pattison

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Author : Alexander Pope
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Pope Essay On Man Ed By M Pattison written by Alexander Pope and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with categories.

Maxims And Moral Reflections With A Biographical Preface Signed L D A New Edition Corrected With A Portrait

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Author : François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (2nd Duke.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875

Maxims And Moral Reflections With A Biographical Preface Signed L D A New Edition Corrected With A Portrait written by François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (2nd Duke.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with categories.

English Writers

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Author : Henry Morley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

English Writers written by Henry Morley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with categories.