Benjamin Constant, Nicholas Capaldi, Etienne Hofmann, Dennis O'Keefe
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was born in Switzerland and became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician. His colourful life included a formative stay at the University of Edinburgh; service at the court of Brunswick, Germany; election to the French Tribunate; and initial opposition and subsequent support for Napoleon, even the drafting of a constitution for the Hundred Days. Constant wrote many books, essays, and pamphlets. His deepest conviction was that reform is hugely superior to revolution, both morally and politically. While Constant's...
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was born in Switzerland and became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician...
Ce volume contient le second des cinq tomes du grand ouvrage de Benjamin Constant intitule "De la Religion, consideree dans sa source, ses formes et ses developpements," tel qu'il est apparu dans sa version definitive. Il donne le texte revu par l'auteur, avec les variantes par rapport a la premiere edition et, dans les annexes particulierement riches, un choix de manuscrits qui illustrent la methode et les strategies de travail de Constant. Celui-ci n'a pas seulement soigne la presentation, veille a l'elegance du style en meme temps qu'a la richesse erudite de son ouvrage, il a toujours...
Ce volume contient le second des cinq tomes du grand ouvrage de Benjamin Constant intitule "De la Religion, consideree dans sa source, ses formes e...
The volume of the "OEuvres Completes de Benjamin Constant," which marks the starting point of this important publication, contains all the material relating to "The Hundred Days," the most controversial episode in the career of Benjamin Constant, the politician. After having cricised Napoleon very severely in the press during the march on Paris, Constant rallied to the support of the Emperor on his return to power. He then agreed to work on the publication of the "Acte Additionnel aux Constitutions de l'Empire." Following the battle of Waterloo, Constant felt bound to offer an explanation...
The volume of the "OEuvres Completes de Benjamin Constant," which marks the starting point of this important publication, contains all the material...
Ce volume s'ouvre sur les remarquables discours au Tribunat, par lesquels Constant perfectionne ses talents innes d'orateur politique. Ils sont publies ici d'apres les diverses sources accessibles, y compris les proces-verbaux des seances, qui permettent de faire etat de toutes les interventions du tribun ainsi que d'un discours perdu. Viennent ensuite les fragments de l'ouvrage abandonne que l'auteur voulait intituler De la possibilite d'une constitution republicaine dans un grand pays, edites pour la premiere fois sur la base de l'ensemble des manuscrits. Ils sont suivis de quelques...
Ce volume s'ouvre sur les remarquables discours au Tribunat, par lesquels Constant perfectionne ses talents innes d'orateur politique. Ils sont pub...
Le premier tome des "OEuvres completes de Benjamin Constant," qui couvre les annees 1774-1799 soit 25 annees de la vie de l'auteur, est divise en trois volets. Le premier presente les textes, maladroits et touchants, que le petit Benjamin composait en vers et en prose des l'age de sept ans et que ses proches avaient pris la peine de conserver. Dans une deuxieme partie sont regroupes les essais des annees de jeunesse, ecrits a Edimbourg, Paris, Lausanne, Colombier et Brunswick: on y voit se profiler deja les curiosites qui seront celles de l'adulte pour l'histoire des religions, les...
Le premier tome des "OEuvres completes de Benjamin Constant," qui couvre les annees 1774-1799 soit 25 annees de la vie de l'auteur, est divise en t...
"Commentary on Filangieri's "addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory."Commentary" is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; "The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good."Alan S. Kahan is...
"Commentary on Filangieri's "addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers...
Benjamin Constant, Pierre Manent, Peter Paul Seaton, Jr.
This is the first full-length English translation of Benjamin Constants massive study of humanitys religious forms and development, published in five volumes between 1824 and 1831. Constant (17671830) regarded On Religion, worked on over the course of many years, as perhaps his most important philosophical work. He called it the only interest, the only consolation of my life, and the book that I was destined by nature to write. While the recent revival of interest in Constants thought has been welcome and fruitful, it has been incomplete, tending to leave out of account his writings on...
This is the first full-length English translation of Benjamin Constants massive study of humanitys religious forms and development, published in five ...
