How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing (Little Black Classics #29)
'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace.'A selection of charming essays from a master of the genre exploring the contradictions inherent to human thought, words and actions. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black...
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'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace.'A selection of charming essays from a master of the genre exploring the contradictions inherent to human thought, words and actions. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141397221 (0141397225)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Michel de Montaigne was apparently one the most important French Renaissance philosophers, but I had never heard of the good man before picking up this Little Black Classic which bundles six of his essays. I was pleasantly surprised. His ideas were not particularly shocking (at least not today) but ...
My summary: There are 6 essays in total: 1. How do we weep and laugh at the same thing: conflicts of emotions, mind opener 2. On conscience: coinscience makes us fight with ourselves.''For why should pain make me confess what is true rather than force me to say what is not true?3. Fortune is often ...
Michel de Montaigne was a 16th Century French Renaissance philosopher and was the one of foremost essayists and contributed to making essays a popular literary genre. How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing contains 6 short essays concerning philosophical contradictions, the most prevalent being tha...
Montaigne, one of the most significant and opinionated philosophers of the French Rennaisance, raises questions and shares his perspective on a plethora of subjects, such as the punishment of cowardice, and the experience of conflicting emotions. During the breakdown of his thoughts he uses Latin, F...
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