Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 17)

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Produktbeschreibung

A lucid, intimate invitation to a mind at work. Montaigne's Essays unfold like a thoughtful conversation with a friend, inviting you to question, reflect, and grow. This volume gathers a masterful essay collection that reads as both a philosophical voyage and a humane temperament. Its classic French prose-clear, personal, often wry-offers self reflection essays that probe mortality and virtue, reasoned advice, and the everyday ethics of living well. For philosophy students and general readers alike, the book provides a practical gateway to enduring ideas about doubt, belief, and human flourishing, while its wide-ranging musings touch upon friendship, fear, and fame within a vibrant Renaissance Europe. Historically, Montaigne stands at the cradle of modern thought, shaping early modern European literature with a voice that is at once intimate and authoritative. This edition recognises that significance, restoring a text long cherished by scholars and readers and presenting it as both a scholarly touchstone and a living cultural treasure. More than a reprint, it is a collector's item that keeps pace with today's readers and tomorrow's libraries. Whether you seek a thoughtful essay collection to enrich your daily reading, or a the rare voice that bridges centuries, this volume speaks to both casual readers and classic-literature collectors. A timeless compass for pondering life, virtue, and the art of reason.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 103g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944758
• ISBN-10: 9354944752
• Artikelnr.: 62623762

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.