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Works: 305
Authors: 94
Passages: 89,767

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Private works: 46
Private records: 56
Private excerpts: 20,006
Text representations: 223,819
Editions and translations: 849
Languages: 17
Works in French and English: 259
Multilingual works: 259
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Words: 27,541,029

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A Short Treatise on the Inner Life, by Frédéric Lenoir, French Edition

Frédéric Lenoir

Frédéric Lenoir begins from a simple proposition: existence is given, living must be learned. He draws from Confucius, Epicurus, Plotinus, Montaigne, Spinoza, and other traditions for practices of self-knowledge, discernment, presence, silence, choice, love, and forgiveness.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 196

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Happiness: A Philosopher’s Guide, by Frédéric Lenoir, Translated by Andrew Brown

Frédéric Lenoir, translated by Andrew Brown

Frédéric Lenoir carries the question of happiness among Aristotle, Epicurus, Socrates, Jesus, Kant, Schopenhauer, the Buddha, Epictetus, Montaigne, and Spinoza. Andrew Brown’s translation combines pleasure, meaning, attention, relationships, and joy without reducing them to one recipe.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 754

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How Jesus Became God, by Frédéric Lenoir, French Edition

Frédéric Lenoir

Frédéric Lenoir traces changing interpretations of Jesus from first-century testimony to controversies that produced conciliar formulas. He distinguishes the Jewish preacher, the titles given by his followers, and the gradual definition of his relation to God.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 421

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