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Essays

By de Montaigne, Michel|Cohen, J. M.|Cohen, J. M.
Essays

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Authors: de Montaigne, Michel|Cohen, J. M.|Cohen, J. M.
Copyright: 1958
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780140178975
ISBN10: 014017897X
Page Count: 416
Dimensions: 5.12x0.8x7.81
Publisher: Penguin Books
Jacket Notes: Taken together, this selection of essays forms an exquisitely drawn portrait that depicts the strength and warmth of Montaigne's personality. And, as J.M. Cohen observes in his introduction, 'One sees, as one reads him, how broad his mind was, and how many of the ideas of the next two centuries he grasped by anticipation.'

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More or less the inventor of this literary genre, Montaigne's "essays in understanding, or essays," as he called them in French, express a time that was beginning to experience a decline in intellectual optimism begun in the Renaissance. Montaigne covers a remarkable range of subjects in which the domain of his intellectual curiosity is framed by a deep skepticism. This selection forms an exquisitely drawn portrait of his views and opinions. An inspiration to writers from Shakespeare to Roland Barthes. 406p.

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Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes. Included are such celebrated works as "On Solitude," "To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die," and "On Experience."
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