Traité Élémentaire de Morale et du Bonheur
by Jean Paradis de Raymondis
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| Author | Jean Paradis de Raymondis | |
A Lyon: Barret, 1784.
Jean-Zacharie Paradis de Raymondis was a French moralist born in Bourg en Bresse on February 8, 1746 to Philippe Paradis and Marguerite de Raymondis.[1] Like his father, Jean-Zacharie Paradis held the position of lieutenant general at the Présidial of Bourg, a judicial tribunal that existed under the Ancien Régime.[2] He died in Lyon in 1800.
According to de Raymondis, Traité Élémentaire de Morale et du Bonheur represents an attempt to reduce morality into a comprehensive guide for improving both personal and societal happiness and morality. The author claims that the ancients never thought to create such a text and that although some his contemporaries had proposed the project, he is the first to actually produce it[3]
The treatise asserts that the hypotheses of metaphysical philosophy are “pure fruits of the imagination” and “ideas without objects”, which are detached from human existence and thus unrelated to morality[4] Therefore rather than focusing on abstract philosophical concepts, Paradis de Raymondis addresses what he calls “human morality”, or conduct that makes an individual happier and unites humanityCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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View the record for this book in Google Books- ↑ Joseph Thomas, “The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. III” (New York: Casimo Inc., 2010), 1738.
- ↑ Jean-Zacharie Paradis de Raymondis, “Traité élémentaire de morale et du Bonheur” (Lyon: Chez J. M. Barret, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1784).
- ↑ de Raymondis, “Traité”, (vii).
- ↑ de Raymondis, “Traité”, (viii).
