EPITOME - Episode 7 - Rochefoucauld on Self-Love



Francois VI, duke de la Rochefoucauld, published "Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims" in 1665. The original work contains only 314 short sentences; the last edition he published contains 541. This episode's selection features a more extended passage.

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