JACQUES. - C'est que, faute de savoir ce qui est écrit là-haut, on ne sait ni ce qu'on veut ni ce qu'on fait, et qu'on suit sa fantaisie qu'on appelle raison, ou sa raison qui n'est souvent qu'une dangereuse fantaisie qui tourne tantôt bien, tantôt mal.
ژاک، اگر آن بالا نوشته باشد که ناموست به باد برود، میرود؛ برعکس، اگر نوشته باشد که ناموست به باد نرود، هر کاری کنند، نمیرود؛ پس بخواب، برادر من...از صفحهٔ ۳۵۸، برگردان مینو مشیری، چاپ دوم ۱۳۸۷ فرهنگ نشر نو
No cóż, nie zawsze zgadzałam się z Kubusiem (zwłaszcza jeśli chodzi o jego dość wygodnickie poglądy nt wolnej woli), ale nie mogę zaprzeczyć, że czytało mi się szybko i w zasadzie przyjemnie... Tak więc: nie odradzam, nie polecam. Dla zainteresowanych epoką i/lub gatunkiem.
The Nun is a deeply pleasing attack on the institution of nunneries. Diderot was a strong anti-clericalism, but here while he does not attack Christianity at all his target is not so much Catholicism as the actual practice of sentencing young women for life to being nuns in a nunery. The first hal...
Devil take me if I really know what I am. As a rule my mind is as true as a sphere and my character as honest as the day: never false if I have the slightest interest in being true, never true if I have the slightest interest in being false. I say things as they come to me; if sensible, all to the...
'Jacques le Fataliste et son maître' is hardly a novel. In fact, it's a very clever parody on the clichés of narration, blind faith and many other things. One should always keep in mind that this is a conceptual novel, written to challenge the standards and thoughts of 18th century France.Jacques is...
This is an interesting novella, written in the form of a letter, by a nun to someone she hopes will help her break the vows which she took by force.The young French girl, Suzanne, is a victim of circumstances, hated by her family through no fault of her own, and forced to enter a convent. She takes ...
Ah...it's pretty good? It doesn't get into the hot girl-on-girl action 'til like halfway through the book, and then it's super not hot. If you're looking for hot 18th-century girl on girl action, you gotta go with Fanny Hill. It's pleasant and enjoyable to read. I think one problem with The Nun ...
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