On Solitude

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. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep.

Product details

• Authors: Michel de Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Montaigne Michel de
• Assisted by: M. A. Screech (Translation), Screech M. A. (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.08.2009
• EAN: 9780141043852
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104385-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas; Great Ideas; Penguin Classics; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Renaissance, Enlightenment; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / French