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