L'avant-naissance de Claude Dolet by Etienne Dolet
Read now or download (free!)
Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Read online (web) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.html.images | 78 kB | ||||
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.epub3.images | 264 kB |
Send
to kindle email: |
|||
EPUB (older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.epub.images | 263 kB | ||||
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.epub.noimages | 99 kB | ||||
Kindle | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.kf8.images | 329 kB | ||||
older Kindles | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.kindle.images | 323 kB | ||||
Plain Text UTF-8 | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/65366.txt.utf-8 | 54 kB | ||||
Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65366/pg65366-h.zip | 246 kB | ||||
There may be more files related to this item. |
About this eBook
Author | Dolet, Etienne, 1509-1546 |
---|---|
Title | L'avant-naissance de Claude Dolet |
Note | Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
Credits | Clarity and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
Summary | "L'avant-naissance de Claude Dolet" by Etienne Dolet is a philosophical treatise written during the early 16th century. It offers guidance and precepts for living a virtuous life, primarily aimed at advising the author's newborn son, Claude. This work serves as a reflection on ethics and morality, embodying the sentiments of the Renaissance era concerning education, personal conduct, and the role of virtue in achieving a good life. The book is structured as a series of instructive verses that cover a broad range of topics, including faith, the importance of learning, personal conduct, and social responsibility. The author emphasizes the value of wisdom and virtue over material wealth, warning against envy, ambition, and vice. He advocates for leading a modest life guided by moral principles, fostering compassion towards the poor, and choosing a partner based on character rather than beauty or wealth. Throughout, Dolet expresses a deep belief in God and the importance of adhering to divine commandments as foundations for a fulfilling existence. Ultimately, the work serves both as a personal letter of paternal advice and a broader commentary on the virtues necessary for all individuals to thrive in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
Language | French |
LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
Subject | French poetry -- 16th century |
Category | Text |
EBook-No. | 65366 |
Release Date | May 17, 2021 |
Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads | 68 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! |