Michel De Montaigne

Essays (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published Essays (Essais, literally "e;Attempts"e;) in 1850. Known for his skill at merging serious intellectual debate with personal anecdotes, his vast work collects together some of the most influential essays the world has ever seen, shaping the thoughts Blaise Pascal, Rene Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Isaac Asimov among others. Montaigne stated that his aim in writing these works was to describe humankind, including himself, with complete frankness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 1241
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781775415862
• Artikelnr.: 38341795

Autorenporträt

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (28 February 1533 13 September 1592), also known as Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight.