Benjamin Constant (Author of Adolphe)

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Benjamin Constant

Born

in Lausanne, Switzerland

October 25, 1767

Died

December 08, 1830

Genre

Fiction, Politics

Influences

Anne Louise Germaine de Sta毛l

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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was a Swiss-born, nobleman, thinker, writer and French politician.

Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.

He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Sta毛l and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restauration and was active in French politics as a public ...more

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	Adolphe 3.57 avg rating — 3,308 ratings — published 1816 — 443 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La libert脿 degli antichi, paragonata a quella dei moderni by Benjamin Constant, Dino Cofrancesco (Contributor), Govanni Paoletti (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1819 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adolphe, suivi de Le Cahier rouge, et 颁茅肠颈濒别 3.62 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Writings by Benjamin Constant, Biancamaria Fontana (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Notebook by Benjamin Constant, Douglas Parm茅e (Translator) 3.34 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1907 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1815 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	颁茅肠颈濒别 by Benjamin Constant, Wenceslao-Carlos Lozano (Translator) 3.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adolphe and The Red Notebook 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1816	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adolfo. Cec铆lia 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre El Esp铆ritu De Conquista ; Sobre La Libertad En Los Antiguos Y En Los Modernos 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has broken the heart that loved him.”
― Benjamin Constant, Adolphe

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“Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.”
― Benjamin Constant

tags: government, independence

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“Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)”
― Benjamin Constant

tags: art, art-for-art-s-sake

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