Fenelon's Telemachus ranks with Bossuet's Politics as the most important work of political theory of the French grand siecle, influencing Montesquieu and Rousseau in its attempt to combine monarchism with republican virtues. Telling the tale of Ulysses' son Telemachus' education by his tutor Mentor (the goddess Minerva in disguise), it shows him learning the qualities of patience, courage, modesty and simplicity, needed when he succeeds as King of Ithaca. It is a commentary on the bellicosity and luxuriousness of Louis XIV.
Fenelon's Telemachus ranks with Bossuet's Politics as the most important work of political theory of the French grand siecle, influencing Montesquieu ...
Are you struggling? Do you struggle through family problems, battle with the tensions of raising children, or find yourself overwhelmed with pressures on the job? Are personal failures and disappointments on the increase as you face each day?What a fountain of life it would be to discover how to let go of those distresses and learn to embrace the joy and peace that God has promised!Fnelon--with amazing insight--speaks firmly, but lovingly, to those whose lives have been an uphill climb and reveals just how to Let Go!
Are you struggling? Do you struggle through family problems, battle with the tensions of raising children, or find yourself overwhelmed with pressures...
