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...
Normally I would wait until I have finished a book to write a commentary, however this book is a lot different in that is contains a large collection of essays on a multiple of subjects. Secondly, I have not been reading this book continually, but rather picking it up, reading a few essays, and then...
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...
bookshelves: radio-3, winter-20112012, fradio, france, play-dramatisation Recommended for: Brazilliant Laura Read from January 05 to 11, 2012 ** spoiler alert ** From wiki - The Duke Francis helped to defeat the Huguenots at the Battle of Dreux, but he was assassinated shortly afterward, in 1563...
Montaigne is known as the father of the essay for good reason--he coined the very word for them. An essai is french for attempt--which gives you a sense of Montaigne's style and intent. They're very conversational, as if he's thinking out loud. A little rambling, yes, in the way the conversation wit...
I love Montaigne and his essays , I'll read his complete as soon as I can , This short one didn't gratify my appetite for solitude , I found an interesting article on the internet which I thought it would be better to post it here .http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199802/the-call-solitude
From wiki - The Duke Francis helped to defeat the Huguenots at the Battle of Dreux, but he was assassinated shortly afterward, in 1563. His son, Henry of Guise, became the third Duke of Guise (1550–1588). He helped plan the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and was responsible for the formatio...
Few things are more humbling that watching exceptional men humble themselves. In his collection of essays, nearly 900 pages long, Montaigne reflects on all things from the greatness of Rome to smells. With unpretentious ease, he references the western classical historians and philosophers who prov...
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