Project Gutenberg 2012-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 42 Lamartine, Alphonse de 1790 1869 Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de De Lamartine, Alphonse Lamartine de Prat, Alphonse-Marie-Louis de 32003460 Cours familier de Littérature - Volume 12 Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Cours familier de Littérature - Volume 12" by Alphonse de Lamartine is a literary critique and philosophical discourse written in the mid-19th century. This work is structured as a monthly conversation or lecture series, presenting an in-depth examination of key literary figures and ideas, including John-Jacques Rousseau and the nature of social contracts. Lamartine's eloquent prose discusses the relationship between individual liberty, societal responsibilities, and moral values, offering reflections that are both theological and politically charged. The opening of this volume features a critical discussion of Rousseau's concept of the social contract, which Lamartine deems misleading and potentially harmful. He challenges Rousseau's notion of "freedom," arguing that it leads to anarchy and threatens societal order. Instead, Lamartine advocates for a more spiritual and moral understanding of social contracts, where the responsibilities of individuals to each other and to a higher power take precedence over individual rights. This philosophical debate sets a thought-provoking tone for the rest of the text, revealing Lamartine's intent to explore deeper moral imperatives in the context of literature and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Literature -- History and criticism French literature -- History and criticism France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900 PN Text France FR Littérature Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Politics 463659 463660 2024-10-16T17:40:38.460217 2023-09-17T11:04:48.260260 text/html text/html 454413 2012-06-02T12:43:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 164291 2012-06-02T12:43:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 264254 2024-10-16T17:40:48.976171 application/epub+zip 266079 2024-10-16T17:40:42.443166 application/epub+zip 246027 2024-10-16T17:40:40.902219 application/epub+zip 498053 2024-10-16T17:40:53.921148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464320 2024-10-16T17:40:47.691158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435978 2022-09-18T09:17:18.689445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424287 424004 2024-10-16T17:40:37.508230 2023-09-17T11:04:47.458288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 412415 2012-06-02T12:43:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 155040 2012-06-02T12:43:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21354 2024-10-16T17:40:54.171130 application/rdf+xml 15054 2024-10-16T17:40:41.467188 image/jpeg 3530 2024-10-16T17:40:41.181185 image/jpeg 242420 2024-10-16T17:40:38.502224 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en. wikipedia fr.wikipedia