Notes to "On Generosity"
1.
The French text of this essay is found in C.I. Gerhardt,
Philosophischen Schriften, pp. 104-8. A critical edition
appears in the Vorausedition to Bd. VI.4 of the Akademie
edition, pp. 1902-6. Watermark dating of the manuscript indicates that
the essay was likely composed during the years 1686-87.
2.
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, Bk. III.
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