Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 18)

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Produktbeschreibung

A spark of wonder, a mirror held to the self. Montaigne's Essays of Michel de Montaigne (Volume 18) invites you to pause, question, and listen to the voice of a perceptive mind centuries ahead of its time. This edition offers more than the sum of its parts: a concise, intimate voyage through human nature analysis, self examination themes, and the quiet courage to doubt mortality. Framed by the Renaissance european essays tradition, it orients readers to early modern france's context while speaking with universal clarity. The essays flow as a general reader guide and a philosophy student resource rolled into one, inviting lay readers and scholars alike to join in a conversation about how we think, feel, and act. Historically, Montaigne's work stands among classic european essayists as a progenitor of reflective prose, a touchstone for debates that would shape later thought, including comparisons with contemporaries like Francis Bacon. This edition preserves the reverent spirit of the original while restoring clarity for today's audience, making it a cultural treasure for both casual readers and classic-literature collectors. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it is more than a reprint - it is a collector's item, a beacon of intellectual curiosity restored for today's readers and for future generations. Discover a timeless companion in a refined volume that speaks to the heart and the mind, in elegant, human terms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 66
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 111g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944765
• ISBN-10: 9354944760
• Artikelnr.: 62627890

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.