Nothing But the Truth. "Reflections on Life, Love and Society" by Nicolas-Sebastian Roch de Chamfort (ed and trans Douglas Parmee). [review]
Nothing But the Truth. "Reflections on Life, Love and Society" by Nicolas-Sebastian Roch de Chamfort (ed and trans Douglas Parmee). [review]
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Date
2004-04
Authors
Caterson, Simon
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Australian Book Review
Abstract
Although this selection of nearly 500 pieces is necessarily fragmentary, Parmée has arranged the texts in such a way as to suggest certain preoccupations. By turns witty, cynical and wise, despairing and hopeful, Chamfort’s reflections are always stimulating and frequently enlightening.
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Keywords
Australian,
Book Reviews,
Publishing,
French,
France,
George Orwell,
Don Watson,
Christopher Hitchens,
Germaine Greer,
Joseph Epstein,
Nietzsche,
Adelaide-based,
Pascal,
La Rouchefoucauld,
Goethe,
Swift,
Wilde,
Heraclitus,
Confucius,
Rousseau,
Seneca
Citation
Caterson, Simon 2004. Nothing But the Truth. Review of "Reflections on Life, Love and Society" by Nicolas-Sebastian Roch de Chamfort (ed and trans Douglas Parmee). 'Australian Book Review', No 260, April, 43.