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Lettres persanes (GF) by Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, John Davidson, Carlos Cantueso is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"This translation of Montesquieu's unsurpassed epistolary novel, the first to appear in over thirty years, is completely new and aims at being as literal as possible, including pulling no punches with the erotic elements. This means, among other things, that the translators have attempted to render the same word throughout the work as consistently as good sense allows. This places readers in a position to see the various ways in which Montesquieu associates one character with another. Also, by allowing Montesquieu to speak for himself, readers will be able to see more clearly than in any other translation both the seriousness and playfulness of Montesquieu's intention. Nevertheless, due attention has been paid to the beauty of the literary character of the work. This will be the standard translation for years to come. Persian Letters journeys across the unending landscape of things human, providing readers the opportunity to think through an astonishing number of themes - mastery and slavery, jealousy, philosophy and tyranny, self-deception, commerce, nature and convention, the best life for a human being, vanity, glory, and human sexuality. Given its fascination with the relations

Who reads Lettres persanes (GF)?

Author

Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, John Davidson, Carlos Cantueso

Publisher

Garnier-Flammarion

Published

2011

Language

FR

ISBN

9782081277762

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, European & American Philosophy, Social_sciences