Author: François RabelaisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, French
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence
Author: François RabelaisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, French
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence
Author: François RabelaisThe Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence
Author: François RabelaisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, French
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.
The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence
Author: François RabelaisThe Complete Works of Francois Rabelais
Author: François RabelaisPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520064010
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
Presents the complete works of French writer Francois Rabelais.
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence
Author: François RabelaisLe Duchat, First Editor of Rabelais
Author: Theodore P. FraserPublisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600038966
Category : Authors and publishers
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais
Author: François RabelaisCynicism
Author: Ansgar AllenPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262537885
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The Cynicism of the ancient Greeks, however, was very different. This Cynicism was a marginal philosophy practiced by a small band of eccentrics. Bold and shameless, it was committed to transforming the values on which civilization depends. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Ansgar Allen charts the long history of cynicism, from the “fearless speech” of Greek Cynics in the fourth century BCE to the contemporary cynic's lack of social and political convictions. Allen describes ancient Cynicism as an improvised philosophy and a way of life disposed to scandalize contemporaries, subjecting their cultural commitments to derision. He chronicles the subsequent “purification” of Cynicism by the Stoics; Renaissance and Enlightenment appropriations of Cynicism, drawing on the writings of Shakespeare, Rabelais, Rousseau, de Sade, and others; and the transition from Cynicism (the philosophy) to cynicism (the modern attitude), exploring contemporary cynicism from the perspectives of its leftist, liberal, and conservative critics. Finally, he considers the possibility of a radical cynicism that admits and affirms the danger it poses to contemporary society.
Author: François Rabelais