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HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists

31/5/2026

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La Rochefoucauld and other “moralists” offer a penetrating and witty critique of human pride, selfishness, and hypocrisy. Is this just cynicism, or does it support a positive ethic?

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HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Otros episodios de "History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps"

HoP 499 Beyond Belief: Bayle, Toleration, and Atheism

Bonus Episode: Glenn Adamson on A Century of Tomorrows

HoP 498 Probably Probable: Pierre Bayle and his Dictionary

HoP 497 Pure and Simple: Quietism

HoP 496 He Unwilling, She Unwilling: Jean Racine

HoP 495 Comedy of Errors: Molière

HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists

HoP 493 Better Nature: The French Garden

HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism

HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas