Talk:François Fénelon
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I'm puzzled that The Adventures of Telemachus is claimed to be his most important work. Explication des Maximes des Saints lays down his views on mysticism and the love of God. The book was condemnded by the Vatican and is the basis of his famous and long running quarrel with Bossuet. The contention that he's best remembered for Télémaque seems dubious to me Sumergocognito 21:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
- By way of comparison here's the CathEn article on him [1] Sumergocognito 21:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
- Whichever work of his is best remembered, the wording of the notice probably ought to change; the current version seems to claim that there is doubt that he was the author of Telemachus, which is misleading. I agree, though, that Maxims of the Saints is much more widely remembered in the present day. Telemachus was about local politics of the past; Maxims of the Saints about subjects of abiding interest. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know - I think that Telemachus is a pretty major work in the history of political theory. People who are interested in political theory would probably know of Fenelon because of Telemachus while people who are more interested in him as a religious figure would probably know the Maxims better. Both are important.
Adam_sk 00:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
The URL "The Adventures of Telemachus" linked not to a discussion of Fenelon's work but to an article on Telemachus, the character in Greek mythology. I have corrected this misleading mark-up both on this page and, more importantly, in the article. pmr (talk) 11:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
