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Sur la brièveté de la vie et autres sermons

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"C'est bien peu de chose que l'homme, et tout ce qui a fin est bien peu de chose. Le temps viendra où cet homme qui nous semblait si grand ne sera plus, où il sera comme l'enfant qui est encore à naître, où il ne sera rien. Si longtemps qu'on soit au monde, y serait-on mille ans, il en faut venir là." Une réflexion unique sur la mort et la Providence, et plus largement une méditation sur la place de l'homme et sur son empreinte dans le temps, dans l'Histoire, livrée par l'un des plus grands orateurs français.

96 pages, Pocket Book

First published March 22, 1662

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist.

Court preacher to Louis XIV of France, Bossuet was a strong advocate of political absolutism and the divine right of kings. He argued that government was divine and that kings received their power from God. He was also an important courtier and politician.

The works best known to English speakers are three great orations delivered at the funerals of Queen Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I of England (1669), her daughter, Henriette, Duchess of Orléans (1670), and the outstanding soldier le Grand Condé (1687).

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February 7, 2023
Trois beaux sermons de Bossuet. Idéal pour découvrir son style !
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