Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 19)

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Produktbeschreibung

A quiet revolution in thinking, and a doorway to a long conversation about what it means to live well. Montaigne's Essays return, once more a companion for the curious and the reflective. This volume presents an enduringly rich essay collection that blends philosophical essays with intimate self-examination themes. Read as a guide to human nature, prudence, and ethics, the pages invite both students and researchers to explore ideas that shaped early modern Europe and renaissance France. The collection speaks to modern readers through clear, humane writing that makes classical thought accessible without sacrificing depth, turning the past into a living conversation about how we think, judge, and act. A note on literary and historical significance: Montaigne's method and curiosity helped forge a new, personal style of inquiry that influenced generations of writers, philosophers, and moral philosophers. This edition honours that lineage, offering a carefully restored text that preserves the rhythm and nuance of the original while inviting today's readers to engage with every question, doubt, and insight. Perfect for casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, this is more than a reprint. 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. An essential addition to any library of essay collection, classic literature, and moral philosophy essays.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 58
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 100g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944819
• ISBN-10: 9354944817
• Artikelnr.: 62625463

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.