Michel de Montaigne

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M. A. Screech in Penguin Classics....

A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....

In 1572, Montaigne - nobleman, humanist, and thoroughly Renaissance man - retired to the seclusion of his estate in the Dordogne and started to write. From his pen poured a stream of "essays" - attempts to capture the observations that came to him on an idiosyncratic range of subjects....

Here, in this unusual collection, are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative....

One of the most remarkable figures of the Renaissance, Michel de Montaigne was a brilliant French philosopher and statesman....

En 1571, tras sufrir un accidente montando a caballo, Michel de Montaigne abandona su posición como magistrado de Burdeos para retirarse a su castillo y empezar a escribir. Ese es el inicio, casi novelesco, de una de las obras más importantes de la cultura occidental....

"C'est ici un livre de bonne foi, lecteur. Il t'avertit dès l'entrée que je ne me suis proposé aucune fin, que domestique et privée..."

French philosophy has been led on by three most influent thinkers, each one bordering on literature and bringing new understandings to politics, philosophy...

Michel de Montaigne, one of the foremost writers of the French Renaissance and the originator of the genre of the essay, wrote on subjects ranging from friendship to imagination, from language to conscience....

Familiarizar-se com os mais importantes filósofos modernos: Bacon, Machiavel, Montaigne, Pascal, Spinoza, Kant, Rousseau, Voltaire...

Familiarize-se com os mais importantes filósofos da Renascença, Michel de Montaigne, Francis Bacon e Maquiavel, o autor de O Príncipe...

Montaigne pode muito bem ser um dos escritores mais simpáticos alguma vez conhecidos. É conhecido por popularizar o ensaio como um género...

Familiarize-se com os filósofos mais importantes do século XVI através de uma cuidadosa selecção de 500 citações, introduzindo as...

Montaigne mène une réflexion sur la découverte du Nouveau Monde, le colonialisme et la relativité des valeurs et des mœurs...

Montaigne might well be one of the most sympathetic writers ever known. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre; his style...

La Renaissance est une période cruciale de l'histoire des idées, dont la richesse incroyable a fondé les structures de la pensée moderne...

The Renaissance was a time of tremendous intellectual activity, with breakthroughs in science, arts and philosophy. Discover its immense creativity...

"De l'amitié" est tiré des "Essais" de Montaigne, publiés en 1595, à titre posthume. C'est par l'introspection la plus honnête que l'auteur cherche...

Se visiter soi-même plutôt que des contrées lointaines, c'est explorer à la fois le plus proche et le plus mystérieux. Michel de Montaigne décrit...

Mit seinem Hauptwerk, den "Essais", begründete der Jurist, Politiker und Philosoph Michel de Montaigne im letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts...