Considrations sur les Murs de ce Siecle [Paperback]

A penetrating study of eighteenth-century French society, and of the network of moral and psychological ties which compose social existence in any period of civilisation.The masterpiece of Charles Pinot-Duclos (17041772), the Consid?rations is a penetrating study of eighteenth-century French society, and of the network of moral and psychological ties which compose social existence in any period of civilisation. Professor Greens introduction gives the main facts of the life and work of Duclos.The masterpiece of Charles Pinot-Duclos (17041772), the Consid?rations is a penetrating study of eighteenth-century French society, and of the network of moral and psychological ties which compose social existence in any period of civilisation. Professor Greens introduction gives the main facts of the life and work of Duclos.Originally published by Cambridge in 1939, this is the masterpiece of Charles Pinot-Duclos (17041772) novelist, social historian and Secretary of the Acad?mie, the friend of Rousseau and the forerunner of the social reformers. The Consid?rations is a penetrating study of eighteenth-century French society, and of the network of moral and psychological ties which compose social existence in any period of civilisation. Professor Green's introduction gives the main facts of the life and work of Duclos.Introduction; 1. Sur les MSurs en g?n?ral; 2. Sur l'?ducation et sur les pr?jug?s; 3. Sur la politesse et sur les louanges; 4. Sur la probit?, la vertu, et l'honneur; 5. Sur la r?putation, la c?l?brit?, la renomm?e, et la consid?ration; 6. Sur les grands seigneurs; 7. Sur le cr?dit; 8. Sur les gens ? la mode; 9. Sur le tidicule, la singularit?, et l'affectation; 10. Sur les gens de fortune; 11. Sur les gens de lettres; 12. Sur la manie due bel-esprit; 13. Sur le rapport de l'esprit et du charact?re; 14. Sur l'estime et le respect; 15. Sur le prix r?el des choses; 16. Sur la reconnoissance et sur l'ingratitude.