Project Gutenberg 2024-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 105 Moncrif, M. de 1687 1770 Moncrif, François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, Francois Augustin Paradis de Moncriff, François-Augustin Paradis de De Paradis de Moncrif, François-Augustin Demoncrif, François-Augustin Paradis De Moncrif, M. Moncrife, M. Moncrif, A. Paradis de (Augustin Paradis de) Essais sur la necessité et les moyens de plaire $aGeneva :$bPellisari, $c1738. Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essais_sur_la_n%C3%A9cessit%C3%A9_et_sur_les_moyens_de_plaire Laurent Vogel 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) "Essais sur la nécessité et les moyens de plaire" by M. de Moncrif is a philosophical treatise written in the early 18th century. The book explores the inherent human desire to please others and how this desire influences social interactions, happiness, and personal virtues. The primary focus is on understanding the nature of pleasing others and the various means by which individuals can cultivate this ability to foster goodwill and harmony in society. The opening of the work introduces the notion that all humans inherently desire to please, which complicates social relationships as many act contrary to this instinct. M. de Moncrif contrasts two types of individuals: those who focus solely on their own self-interest and those who acknowledge that virtues are essential to true happiness and seek to build connections with others. He proposes to explore the necessity of pleasing others, the potential missteps associated with it, and how a careful and genuine approach can enhance social interactions. The first part also hints at a second part that will discuss educational principles aimed at instilling the desire to please in children. Overall, the beginning sets the tone for a reflective exploration of social virtues and the ways to cultivate them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/essaissurlance00monc 20230813065055moncrif 1738 CH Reading ease score: 49.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fr Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800 Etiquette -- France -- Early works to 1800 PQ Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 301332 2025-07-29T09:40:20.284031 text/html 275264 2024-07-20T16:36:20 text/html 335213 2025-07-29T09:40:24.990021 application/epub+zip 334322 2025-07-29T09:40:21.300996 application/epub+zip 233540 2025-07-29T09:40:20.841017 application/epub+zip 613337 2025-07-29T09:40:28.039994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592698 2025-07-29T09:40:24.594029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272410 2025-07-29T09:40:19.786002 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 252424 2024-07-20T16:36:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16664 2025-07-29T09:40:28.196962 application/rdf+xml 20503 2025-07-29T09:40:21.025001 image/jpeg 3383 2025-07-29T09:40:20.932010 image/jpeg 285596 2025-07-29T09:40:20.313044 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia