This work examines the affinity between paradox and the prose of classical moralists. It studies the appropriation of a linguistic fact and its stylistic revalorization in Montaigne, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyere. It offers a contribution to the study of classical literature and linguistics.
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