num_pages: 126
description: The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.
language: English
title: Maxims
titlecomplete: Maxims
genres: France, Philosophy, French Literature, 17th Century, Psychology, Nonfiction, Literature, Essays, Classics, History
ratings_count: 3897
publisher: Penguin Classics