Selected Essays/Essais choisis A Dual-Language Book,9780486457444

Selected Essays/Essais choisis A Dual-Language Book

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Edition: Bilingual
ISBN13: 9780486457444
ISBN10: 0486457443
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-26
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

One of the great French Renaissance thinkers, sixteenth-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was remarkably modern in his views. His writings-brilliant forerunners of the modern essay-reflect his thoughts and opinions on poetry, philosophy, theology, law, literature, education, and world exploration. Highly readable works written in a lively, conversational style, Montaigne's essays are journeys of self-discovery, created by the author to determine whether his views were formed through external forces or his own nature. Filled with aphorisms and anecdotes and enlivened by word play and a delightful folksiness, they are frank and unbiased, and ultimately, a celebration of literacy, friendship, and the love of life.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. V
To the Readerp. 3
Our Reactions to Good and Bad Things Largely Depend on Our Evaluation of Them (I, 14)p. 3
On the Education of Children (I, 26)p. 37
On Friendship (I, 28)p. 97
On the Cannibals (I, 31)p. 119
On Judging the Death of Others (II, 13)p. 143
On Freedom of Conscience (II, 19)p. 153
On Expediency and Uprightness (III, 1)p. 161
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