| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages279-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Waking to the sound of a spinet -- Because it was him, because it was me -- To jump or duck at the bang of an arquebus -- To philosophize is to learn to die -- Que sçais-je? / What do I know? -- When I am playing with my cat, how do I know she is not playing with me? -- To rub and polish our brains with others -- The philosopher's stone -- The exercises of Venus -- The touch of a familiar hand -- A dog, a horse, a book , a glass -- Of experience. |
| Summary |
Saul Frampton offers a celebration of perhaps the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers, Michel de Montaigne, whose essays went on to have a huge impact on figures as diverse as Shakespeare, Emerson, and Orson Welles, and whose thoughts, even today, offer a guide and unprecedented insight into the simple matter of being alive. |
| Subject |
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.
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| ISBN |
9780375424717 hardcover $26.00 |
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0375424717 hardcover |
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