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Oeuvres Complètes. (Hardcover): Joseph De Maistre Oeuvres Complètes. (Hardcover)
Joseph De Maistre
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Catéchisme De Controverse (Hardcover): Joseph De Maistre Catéchisme De Controverse (Hardcover)
Joseph De Maistre
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
De La Iglesia Galicana En Sus Relaciones Con El Sumo Pontifice - Para Servir De Continuacion A La Obra Intitulada Del Papa... De La Iglesia Galicana En Sus Relaciones Con El Sumo Pontifice - Para Servir De Continuacion A La Obra Intitulada Del Papa (Spanish, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions - Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment (Hardcover): Joseph De... The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions - Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment (Hardcover)
Joseph De Maistre
R4,769 Discovery Miles 47 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Joseph de Maistre had no doubt that the root causes of the French Revolution were intellectual and ideological. The degeneration of its first immense hopes into the Reign of Terror was not the result of a ruthless competition for power or of prospects of war. He echoed Voltaire's boast that "books did it all." The philosophers of the Enlightenment were the architects of the new regimes; and the shadow between revolutionary idea and social reality could be traced directly to a fatal flaw in their thought. De Maistre asserts that society is the product, not of men's conscious decision, but of their instinctive makeup. Both history and primitive societies illustrate men's gravitation toward some form of communal life. Since government is in this sense natural, it can not legitimately be denied, revoked, or even disobeyed by the people. Sovereignty is not the product of the deliberation or the will of the people; it is a divinely bestowed authority fitted not to man's wishes but to his needs. The French Revolution to de Maistre's mind was little more than the expansion, conversion, pride, and consequent moral corruption of the philosophers. It differs in essence from all previous political revolutions, finding a parallel only in the biblical revolt against heaven. These sentiments are the passionate and awe-inspired language of one who sees the political struggles of his time on a huge and cosmic scale, judges events sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity), and looks on revolution and counter-revolution as a battle for the soul of humanity. The force of this classic volume still resonates in present-day ideological struggles.

The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions - Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment (Paperback): Joseph De... The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions - Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Joseph de Maistre had no doubt that the root causes of the French Revolution were intellectual and ideological. The degeneration of its first immense hopes into the Reign of Terror was not the result of a ruthless competition for power or of prospects of war. He echoed Voltaire's boast that "books did it all." The philosophers of the Enlightenment were the architects of the new regimes; and the shadow between revolutionary idea and social reality could be traced directly to a fatal flaw in their thought.

De Maistre asserts that society is the product, not of men's conscious decision, but of their instinctive makeup. Both history and primitive societies illustrate men's gravitation toward some form of communal life. Since government is in this sense natural, it can not legitimately be denied, revoked, or even disobeyed by the people. Sovereignty is not the product of the deliberation or the will of the people; it is a divinely bestowed authority fitted not to man's wishes but to his needs.

The French Revolution to de Maistre's mind was little more than the expansion, conversion, pride, and consequent moral corruption of the philosophers. It differs in essence from all previous political revolutions, finding a parallel only in the biblical revolt against heaven. These sentiments are the passionate and awe-inspired language of one who sees the political struggles of his time on a huge and cosmic scale, judges events sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity), and looks on revolution and counter-revolution as a battle for the soul of humanity. The force of this classic volume still resonates in president-day ideological struggles.

Voyage Around My Room (Paperback): Xavier De Maistre Voyage Around My Room (Paperback)
Xavier De Maistre; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli; Introduction by Richard Howard; Preface by Joseph De Maistre
R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) was punished for dueling and placed under house arrest for forty-two days. The result was a discursive, mischievous memoir Voyage Around My Room, and its sequel, Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room. Admired by Nietzsche and Machado de Assis, Ossian and Susan Sontag, this classic book proves that sitting on the living-room sofa can be as fascinating as crossing the Alps or paddling up the Amazon. In addition to the Voyage and Expedition, this edition also includes the dialogue "The Leper of the City of Aosta," a preface by Xavier's better-known older brother (the royalist philosopher Joseph de Maistre), and an introduction by Richard Howard.

Gateway to the French Revolution - Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution, Friedrich von Gentz's Revolutions... Gateway to the French Revolution - Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution, Friedrich von Gentz's Revolutions Compared, and Joseph de Maistre's On God and Society
Edmund Burke, Friedrich Gentz, Joseph De Maistre
R390 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R42 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day. Gateway to the French Revolution features voices critical of the French Revolution and its aftershocks. Edmund Burke’s critique of the Revolution is widely known and set into motion the development of political Conservatism. Also decrying the excesses of the Terror is Friedrich Gentz, a lesser-known Austrian diplomat who would become an architect of European peace after Napoleon’s failed ambitions, and Joseph de Maistre, a Savoiard nobleman whose own reflections would form a current of counter-revolutionary reactionary that has continues to have implications in our contemporary world.

On the Spanish Inquisition - Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction) (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre On the Spanish Inquisition - Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction) (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre; Notes by John Fletcher
R676 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R83 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Maistre: Considerations on France (Paperback, Revised): Joseph De Maistre Maistre: Considerations on France (Paperback, Revised)
Joseph De Maistre; Edited by Richard A. Lebrun; Introduction by Isaiah Berlin
R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Joseph de Maistre's Considerations on France is the best known French equivalent of Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. This new edition of Richard Lebrun's 1974 translation is introduced by Isaiah Berlin, with a bibliography and chronology by the translator. Published in 1797, the work of the self-exiled Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the French Revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored Bourbon monarchy. Although the Directory and then Napoleon delayed Maistre's influence within France until the Restoration, he is now acknowledged as the most eloquent spokesperson for continental conservatism. Considerations on France was a shrewd piece of propaganda, but, as Isaiah Berlin contends, by arguing his case in broad historical, philosophical and religious terms, Maistre raises issues of enduring importance.

L'illuminisme en Russie - Ses rapports avec le martinisme, l'illuminisme et la franc-maçonnerie, l'influence... L'illuminisme en Russie - Ses rapports avec le martinisme, l'illuminisme et la franc-maçonnerie, l'influence des doctrines mystiques et occultes sur sa pensée religieuse (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Oeuvres Complètes. (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Oeuvres Complètes. (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Catéchisme De Controverse (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Catéchisme De Controverse (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lettres inédites (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Lettres inédites (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Plan de réforme de la société des Francs-maçons (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Plan de réforme de la société des Francs-maçons (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Major Works, Volume I - Imperium Press (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Major Works, Volume I - Imperium Press (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre; Translated by Edward Maxwell; Introduction by Thomas F. Bertonneau
R569 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Joseph de Maistre - Les meilleures pages (Paperback): Editions Saint Sebastien Joseph de Maistre - Les meilleures pages (Paperback)
Editions Saint Sebastien; Joseph De Maistre
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lettres � un gentilhomme russe sur l'Inquisition espagnole (Paperback): Editions Saint Sebastien Lettres � un gentilhomme russe sur l'Inquisition espagnole (Paperback)
Editions Saint Sebastien; Joseph De Maistre
R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Pope - Considered In Relations With The Church, Temporal Sovereignties, Separated Churches, And The Cause Of Civilization... The Pope - Considered In Relations With The Church, Temporal Sovereignties, Separated Churches, And The Cause Of Civilization (Paperback)
Aeneas MCD Dawson; Joseph De Maistre
R573 Discovery Miles 5 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

St. Alphonsus writes: "a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery." Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: "There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals ' (Matthew 18:7). Woe to those who consciously and deliberately spread corruption-in novels, newspapers, magazines, theaters, films, in a world of immodesty " We at St. Pius X Press are calling for a crusade of good books. We want to restore 1,000 old Catholic books to the market. We ask for your assistance and prayers. This book is a photographic reprint of the original. The original has been inspected and some imperfections may remain. At Saint Pius X Press our goal is to remain faithful to the original in both photographic reproductions and in textual reproductions that are reprinted. Photographic reproductions are given a page by page inspection, whereas textual reproductions are proofread to correct any errors in reproduction.

Correspondance Diplomatique De Joseph De Maistre V2 - 1811-1817 (1860) (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre, Albert Blanc Correspondance Diplomatique De Joseph De Maistre V2 - 1811-1817 (1860) (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre, Albert Blanc
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Oeuvres inédites (Paperback): Joseph De Maistre, Charles De Maistre Oeuvres inédites (Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre, Charles De Maistre
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essai Sur Le Principe Generateur Des Constitutions Politiques Et Des Autres Institutions Humaines (French, Paperback): Joseph... Essai Sur Le Principe Generateur Des Constitutions Politiques Et Des Autres Institutions Humaines (French, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Considerations sur la France - Un grand classique de la philosophie politique (French, Paperback): Joseph De Maistre Considerations sur la France - Un grand classique de la philosophie politique (French, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Considerations sur la France - Un texte essentiel pour comprendre la perception de la Revolution francaise (French, Paperback):... Considerations sur la France - Un texte essentiel pour comprendre la perception de la Revolution francaise (French, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lettres Et Opuscules Inedits. Tome 2 (French, Paperback): Joseph De Maistre, Rodolphe De Maistre Lettres Et Opuscules Inedits. Tome 2 (French, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre, Rodolphe De Maistre
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essai Sur Le Principe Generateur Des Constitutions Politiques, Suivi de Etude Sur La Souverainete (French, Paperback): Joseph... Essai Sur Le Principe Generateur Des Constitutions Politiques, Suivi de Etude Sur La Souverainete (French, Paperback)
Joseph De Maistre
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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