Spartan Kings And Statesmen In Montaignes Essais

Author : Maria PAPADOPOULOS
Publisher : Méduse d'Or S.A.R.L.
ISBN 13 : 2900409004
Total Pages : 113 pages
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Download or read book Spartan Kings and Statesmen in Montaigne's Essais written by Maria PAPADOPOULOS and published by Méduse d'Or S.A.R.L. . This book was released on 2018-12-24 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Essais, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592), father of modern scepticism and fervent supporter of the ‘philosophy of praxis’, seems to be the first modern thinker in the footsteps of Plato to recognize the existence of Spartan philosopher-kings and philosopher-statesmen. But Montaigne goes further: he sees Sparta as a city-state of philosopher-citizens, and he distinguishes between the Spartans’ philosophical virtue and their military valour: true courage is the work of prudence – a moral and an intellectual virtue -, and of wisdom, which is recognized and proved by its ‘practice’ through living examples, experiences in everyday religious, moral, social, and civic life, rational justification and moral standing of interlinked choices on virtue and evil, happiness and sadness, joy and pain, life and death. There is a dialectical relationship between theory and praxis, words and deeds, arts and arms. The same dialectical approach is taken by Montaigne whose ‘valiant philosophy’ has a particular purpose: to teach not to fear death. In these circumstances self-knowledge (or wisdom) takes the double significance of an intellectual investigation, and at the same time a training that brings victory not over enemies in the battlefield but over time and death.

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book Essays by Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne's "Essays" were first published in 1580. In the depth and breadth of subject matter addressed, Socrates dictum appears to provide the guiding principle: "the unexamined life is not worth living." Seldom has a life been examined more thoroughly than that of Montaigne, who famously 'retired' from public life at 38, spending the next ten years sequestered in his library of some 1,500 works - engaged by the passion that came before all other occupations--reading and writing. The wide range of questions, chiefly investigating the reality of the human condition, presents a guide to the quest of self, the well-lived life, and independence of mind. The book presents extracts from Montaigne's "Essays" of shorter length, given the moderate compass of the volume. It introduces the English speaking reader to the inimitable essayist, in hope it will provoke further and deeper reading of this timeless author's work.

Author : MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Total Pages : 1477 pages
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Download or read book THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, COMPLETE written by MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 1477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published Essays (Essais, literally "Attempts") 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, René 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. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne cover a wide range of topics and explore his thoughts, his life and learning in written form. The essays are widely regarded as the predecessor of the modern essay: a focused treatment of issues, events and concerns past, present and future. Montaigne wrote in a kind of crafted rhetoric designed to intrigue and involve the reader, sometimes appearing to move in a stream-of-thought from topic to topic and at other times employing a structured style which gives more emphasis to the didactic nature of his work. His arguments are often supported with quotations from Ancient Greek, Latin and Italian texts, which he quotes in the original source. Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness and honesty ("bonne foi"). He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features, which resonates to the Renaissance thought about the fragility of humans. According to the scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller, "the writers of the period were keenly aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence". A representative quote is "I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself." He opposed the conquest of the New World, deploring the suffering it brought upon the natives. He is highly skeptical of confessions obtained under torture, pointing out that such confessions can be made up by the suspect just to escape the torture he is subjected to. In the middle of the section normally entitled "Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Good," he wrote that his motto was "What do I know?". The essay on Sebond ostensibly defended Christianity. However, Montaigne eloquently employed many references and quotes from classical Greek and Roman, i.e. non-Christian authors, especially the atomist Lucretius. Montaigne considered marriage necessary for the raising of children, but disliked the strong feelings of romantic love as being detrimental to freedom. One of his quotations is "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out." In education, he favored concrete examples and experience over the teaching of abstract knowledge that is expected to be accepted uncritically. The remarkable modernity of thought apparent in Montaigne's essays, coupled with their sustained popularity, made them arguably the most prominent work in French philosophy until the Enlightenment. Their influence over French education and culture is still strong. Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech. In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'assays', inspired by the ideas he found in books contained in his library and from his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. But, above all, Montaigne studied himself as a way of drawing out his own inner nature and that of men and women in general. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature and provide an engaging insight into a wise Renaissance mind, continuing to give pleasure and enlightenment to modern readers. With its extensive introduction and notes, M.A. Screech's edition of Montaigne is widely regarded as the most distinguished of recent times. Michel de Montaigne (1533-1586) studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection. If you enjoyed The Complete Essays, you might like Francois Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel, also available in Penguin Classics. 'Screech's fine version ... must surely serve as the definitive English Montaigne' A.C. Grayling, Financial Times 'A superb edition' Nicholas Wollaston, Observer

Author : Michel de Montaigne
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804704861
Total Pages : 914 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Essays of Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The works of the French essayist reflect his views of morality, society, and customs in the late sixteenth century

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
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Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 384 pages
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Download or read book The Essays of Michel de Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 536 pages
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Download or read book The Essays of Michel de Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book The Essays of Michael de Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel de Montaigne
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Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book The Essays of Montaigne written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: