Fay ce que vouldras
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"Fay ce que vouldras" is a Renaissance humanist motto, famously associated with François Rabelais’s fictional Abbey of Thélème, expressing an ideal of freedom guided by inner virtue rather than external constraint.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance humanist motto
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motto ⓘ |
| alternativeSpelling | Fais ce que voudras ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gargantua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbey of Thélème
NERFINISHED
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François Rabelais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfWorkWhereAppears | François Rabelais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedIn | discussions of Rabelaisian humanism ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
freedom guided by inner virtue
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rejection of external constraint ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grammaticalPerson | second person singular ⓘ |
| hasForm | imperative sentence ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later ideas of individual liberty
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modern interpretations of "do what thou wilt" ⓘ |
| language | Middle French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryContext | fictional Abbey of Thélème ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | expression of an idealized rule of life at Thélème ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | satirical novel ⓘ |
| moralAssumption | inner goodness of the individual ⓘ |
| notableFor | emphasis on voluntary virtue rather than coercion ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
free will
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moral autonomy ⓘ utopian community ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| translation | Do what thou wilt ⓘ |
| usedAs | motto of the Abbey of Thélème ⓘ |
| workDateContext | first half of the 16th century ⓘ |
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