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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instanceOf Renaissance humanist motto ⓘ
motto ⓘ
alternativeSpelling Fais ce que voudras ⓘ
appearsIn Gargantua ⓘ
associatedWith Abbey of Thélème ⓘ
François Rabelais ⓘ
authorOfWorkWhereAppears François Rabelais ⓘ
citedIn discussions of Rabelaisian humanism ⓘ
coreIdea freedom guided by inner virtue ⓘ
rejection of external constraint ⓘ
culturalRegion France ⓘ
grammaticalPerson second person singular ⓘ
hasForm imperative sentence ⓘ
influenceOn later ideas of individual liberty ⓘ
modern interpretations of "do what thou wilt" ⓘ
language Middle French ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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François Rabelais → mottoAssociated → Fay ce que vouldras ⓘ