Life, letters, and Epicurean philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos, the celebrated beauty of the seventeenth centuryDOCTRINE OF EPICURUSWilliam Hassell Overton translationChapter navigation114 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVILETTERS TO THE MARQUIS DE SÉVIGNÉNINON DE L'ENCLOSChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVILETTERSINTRODUCTION TO LETTERSIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIXIIIXIVXVXVIXVIIXVIIIXIXXXXXIXXIIXXIIIXXIVXXVXXVIXXVIIXXVIIIXXIXXXXXXXIXXXIIXXXIIIXXXIVXXXVXXXVIXXXVIIXXXVIIIXXXIXXLXLIXLIIXLIIIXLIVXLVXLVIXLVIIXLVIIIXLIXLLILIILIIILIVFROM THE COUNTESS TO MADEMOISELLE DE L'ENCLOS.LVCORRESPONDENCEINTRODUCTIONIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIIIIXIVXVXVIXVIIXVIIIDOCTRINE OF EPICURUSTO THE MODERN LEONTIUMPrevious chapter ←XVIIINext chapter →TO THE MODERN LEONTIUMAll chapters and sections (114)Opening pagesFront matterChapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsLETTERS TO THE MARQUIS DE SÉVIGNÉNINON DE L'ENCLOSChapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsLETTERSINTRODUCTION TO LETTERSChapters23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354Other sectionsFROM THE COUNTESS TO MADEMOISELLE DE L'ENCLOS.Chapters55Other sectionsCORRESPONDENCEINTRODUCTIONChapters12345678910111231415161718Other sectionsDOCTRINE OF EPICURUSTO THE MODERN LEONTIUMEXPLAINED BYMARSHAL DE SAINT-EVREMONDIN A LETTER TOTHE MODERN LEONTIUM(NINON DE L'ENCLOS)← XVIIITO THE MODERN LEONTIUM →