Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 10)

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Produktbeschreibung

A late-blooming doorway to a classic mind. A collection that asks as much as it answers, and invites readers to walk the corridors of doubt and self-reflection with wit and warmth. This volume gathers Montaigne's Essays as a masterfully portable guide to human nature, blending philosophical essays with moral philosophy texts in a thoughtful, discursive style. Its themes-skepticism and doubt, self examination, and keen observations of everyday life-speak to students and scholars alike, while the human voice makes it accessible to curious readers seeking a thoughtful encounter with Renaissance France. The work stands as a bridge between sixteenth-century France and modern inquiry, bearing the intellectual echoes of Francis Bacon and the conversations of Rousseau and Montaigne's peers. A note on significance: Montaigne's method and meditations helped shape literary and philosophical discourse for centuries, offering a rare blend of skepticism, curiosity, and humility that remains vital today. For casual readers and classic-literature collectors, the volume offers a tactile encounter with a foundational mind, a reference text that informs enduring discussions about life, ethics, and human nature. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This edition makes a timeless, scholarly conversation newly available to a wide readership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 58
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 100g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944604
• ISBN-10: 9354944604
• Artikelnr.: 62627518

Autorenporträt

Michel de Montaigne (28 February 1533 - 13 September 1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. His massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written. During his lifetime, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author. The tendency in his essays to digress into anecdotes and personal ruminations was seen as detrimental to proper style rather than an innovation. In time, however, Montaigne came to be recognized as embodying, perhaps better than any other author of his time, the spirit of freely entertaining doubt that began to emerge at that time.