Montaigne

  • Montaigne: a Very Short Introduction
    By William M. Hamlin

    ... Arnold THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY William H. Brock THE HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD ... Tuck HOLLYWOOD Peter Decherney THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Joachim Whaley HOME Michael Allen Fox HOMER Barbara Graziosi ...

  • Montaigne: The Complete Essays (Golden Deer Classics)
    By Michel de Montaigne

    Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form.

  • Montaigne: Montaigne's message and method
    By Dikka Berven

    We have noted that some scholars have placed Montaigne within the Renaissance tradition of irony and paradox.32 He has also been portrayed as a satirist , 33 and we will examine the first part of his essay with this interpretation in ...

  • Montaigne: A Life
    By Philippe Desan

    Philippe Desan overturns this long standing myth by showing that Montaigne was constantly connected to and concerned with realizing his political ambitions—and that the literary and philosophical character of the Essays largely depends on ...

  • Montaigne: Life without Law
    By Pierre Manent

    Throughout, Manent suggests alternatives and criticisms, some by way of contrasts with other thinkers, some in his own name. This is philosophical engagement at a very high level.

  • Montaigne
    By Stefan Zweig

    En 1941, alors qu'en Europe la guerre et les nationalismes font des ravages, Stefan Zweig, exilé au Brésil, trouve en Montaigne un « ami indispensable », dont les préceptes de tempérance et de modération lui paraissent plus que ...

  • Montaigne
    By Stefan Zweig

    En 1941, alors qu’en Europe la guerre et les nationalismes font des ravages, Stefan Zweig, exilé au Brésil, trouve en Montaigne un « ami indispensable », dont les préceptes de tempérance et de modération lui paraissent plus que ...

  • Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction
    By William M. Hamlin

    Screech, M. A. Montaigne's Annotated Copy of Lucretius: A Transcription and Study of the Manuscript, Notes, and Pen-Marks. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1998. [Fascinating examination of Montaigne's handwritten notes on Lucretius's poem De ...

  • Montaigne: Une biographie politique
    By Philippe Desan

    Hall, Marie-Louise, Montaigne et ses traducteurs, thèse de doctorat, Madison, University of Wisconsin, 1940. Hamlin, William M., Montaigne's English Journey : Reading the Essays in Shakespeare's Day, ...

  • Montaigne
    By Hugo Friedrich

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  • Montaigne
    By Stefan Zweig

    One of the final works Zweig wrote before his suicide, this is both a brilliantly impassioned portrait of a great mind, and a moving plea for tolerance in a world ruled by cruelty.

  • Montaigne
    By Stefan Zweig

    One of the final works Zweig wrote before his suicide, this is both a brilliantly impassioned portrait of a great mind, and a moving plea for tolerance in a world ruled by cruelty.

  • Montaigne: A Life
    By Philippe Desan

    In this definitive biography, Philippe Desan, one of the world's leading authorities on Montaigne, overturns this longstanding myth by showing that Montaigne was constantly concerned with realizing his political ambitions—and that the ...