Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 7)

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Produktbeschreibung

A spark of curiosity, a pull toward clarity, a voyage into human thought. Montaigne's Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 7) invites you to wander the mind's attic with a friend who never stops questioning. This volume gathers Montaigne's enduring meditations in a lucid, contemporary voice that makes a complex, centuries-old practice feel immediate. It showcases a complete essays collection that blends self reflection essays with sharp observations on human nature, doubt, and judgement, framed for readers who seek both philosophical insight and quiet, personal resonance. The translated essay collection reads as a conversation across time, bridging sixteenth century france and today's classrooms, cafés, and study walls. For philosophy students and curious readers alike, it offers a lucid model of skeptical epistemology and reflective prose that rewards rereading. Historically, Montaigne remains a landmark of early modern europe and renaissance philosophy masters, whose questions about certainty, identity, and conduct influenced countless writers. This edition preserves his humane, intimate voice and presents his essays as a cultural treasure rather than a dusty relic. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume is not merely a reprint but a restored artefact for today's readers and future generations. A true collector's item, a cultural treasure that honours a pivotal voice in the philosophical essays collection and rivals French essayists of his era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 103g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944567
• ISBN-10: 9354944566
• Artikelnr.: 62628015

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.