Michel De Montaigne

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 8)

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Produktbeschreibung

A doorway into a mind that still unsettles and enlightens. Montaigne's questions about how to live, written with clarity and candour, feel newly immediate in this edition. Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 8) offers a concise, readable gateway to classical philosophy through Montaigne's reflective essays. The form blends moral philosophy with practical wisdom, inviting self knowledge reflections that speak to both the curious general reader and the serious student of translated philosophical essays. It's more than a volume of ideas; it's an enduring guide to lifelong inquiry, skimming the edges of scepticism, ethics, and personal conduct with a humane, judicious voice. Historically, Montaigne stands at the hinge of Renaissance Europe and the birth of modern introspection. This volume preserves his legacy as a master observer who opened debate about belief, doubt, and how to judge one's own actions. For readers tracing sixteenth century europe and renaissance europe italy, the essays illuminate a world where moral philosophy classics and sceptical inquiry shaped culture and knowledge. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure - it serves as an academic readers guide and a postgrad study resource while remaining engaging for general reader interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 86g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944581
• ISBN-10: 9354944582
• Artikelnr.: 62627695

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.