Michel De Montaigne

Broschiertes Buch

Essays Of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 6)

Beschreibung

A lucid compass for those wandering through the maze of self and society. Essays of Michel De Montaigne (Volume 6) invites you to walk with a voice that still unsettles, questions, and consoles. This complete essays collection gathers Montaigne's philosophical reflections with a modern clarity that is at once intimate and grand. Across self reflective essays, ethics and morality, and sharp observations of human nature, these pages trace the contour of Renaissance prose and the art of living thoughtfully. For the academic reader and the curious explorer alike, the book serves as both a research reference material and a luminous encounter with extractable wisdom, ideas that travel from Renaissance Europe and sixteenth¿century France into today's conversations about meaning, doubt, and civility. Its historical significance is enduring: Montaigne's method, his candour, and his willingness to revise his stance shaped the course of essay writing and humanist inquiry. Casual readers will recognise the immediacy of a voice that speaks across centuries; collectors will treasure a restored edition that respects the original spirit while preserving its relevance for new generations. 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. This volume sits beside other renaissance essayists as a touchstone for those studying renaissance europe, the France of the sixteenth century, and the enduring art of reflective thought.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9789354944550
• ISBN-10: 9354944558
• Artikelnr.: 62477145