The Essays of Montaigne

Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
Cover of the book The Essays of Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne, CP
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Author: Michel de Montaigne ISBN: 1230001973099
Publisher: CP Publication: October 22, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Michel de Montaigne
ISBN: 1230001973099
Publisher: CP
Publication: October 22, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness and honesty ("bonne foi"). He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features, which resonates to the Renaissance thought about the fragility of humans. According to the scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller, "the writers of the period were keenly aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence". A representative quote is "I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself."

He opposed European colonization of the Americas, deploring the suffering it brought upon the natives.

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Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness and honesty ("bonne foi"). He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features, which resonates to the Renaissance thought about the fragility of humans. According to the scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller, "the writers of the period were keenly aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence". A representative quote is "I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself."

He opposed European colonization of the Americas, deploring the suffering it brought upon the natives.

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