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Sébastien Roch Nicolas de Chamfort (1741–1794)

Author of Maximes et pensées : Caractères et anecdotes

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Works by Sébastien Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

The Cynic's Breviary (2012) 11 copies
Màximes i pensaments (2016) 3 copies
Aforizmák 1 copy
Œuvres 1 copy
Chamfort (1998) 1 copy
Aforismen 1 copy

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Legal name
Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
Birthdate
1741-04-06
Date of death
1794-04-13
Gender
male
Education
Collège des Grassins
Occupations
playwright
writer
Awards and honors
Académie française (1781)
Nationality
France
Birthplace
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Places of residence
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Paris, France
Place of death
Paris, France
Associated Place (for map)
Paris, France

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5 reviews
My only complaint is how short this was! I really enjoyed reading these lucid, humorous, often sardonic insights on everday life from a man who was closely aquainted with the heavy hitting philosophical and revolutionary minds of the era. As the translator prefaces, Chamfort is an unfortunatley unfamiliar name in the English speaking world not only in regards to his own writings but also to the extent he has influenced such notorious thinkers as Beckett, Nietzsche and Proust.
Sébastien Roch Nicolas, dit Chamfort offre un témoignage extraordinaire sur la France du XVIIIème siècle.
Comprend Maximes et Pensées, Philosophie, dialogues et lettres, Essais et poèmes, précédés de Vie de Chamfort par Guinguené,

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Rating
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ISBNs
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