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Informationen zum Autor Born in 1533, Montaigne studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection. He died in 1586. Dr M.A. Screech is regarded as the world's greatest authority on Montaigne. Klappentext A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In On Experience he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth. M.A. Screech's distinguished translation fully retains the light-hearted and inquiring nature of the essays. In his introduction, he examines Montaigne's life and times, and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his works. 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 Essays: A Selection, you might like Francis Bacon's The Essays, also available in Penguin Classics. Zusammenfassung To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, and coaches and cannibals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Note on the Text The Annotations Note on the Translation Explanation of the Symbols THE ESSAYS: A SELECTIONTo the Reader Book I 1. We reach the same end by discrepant means 8. On idleness 16. On punishing cowardice 18. On fear 20. To philosophize is to learn how to die 26. On educating children 27. That it is madness to judge the true and false from our own capacities 31. On the Cannibals 32. Judgements on God's ordinances must be embarked upon with prudence 39. On solitude 56. On prayer 57. On the length of life Book II 1. On the inconstancy of our actions 2. On drunkenness 5. On conscience 8. On the affection of fathers for their children 11. On cruelty 32. In defence of Seneca and Plutarch 35. On three good wives 37. On the resemblance of children to their fathers Book III 2. On repenting 3. On three kinds of social intercourse 5. On some lines of Virgil 6. On coaches 11. On the lame 13. On experience Index Summary of the Symbols ...
