Montaigne and the origins of modern philosophy

Montaigne's Essays are rightfully studied as giving birth to the literary form of that name. Ann Hartle's Montaigne and the Origins of Modern Philosophy argues that the essay is actually the perfect expression of Montaigne as what he called "a new figure: an unpremeditated and acciden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hartle, Ann, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press 2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reversing Aristotle
  • Sticking to the old ways : Montaigne and sacred tradition
  • The philosophical act (I) : judgment
  • The philosophical act (II) : ending in experience
  • Overcoming natural mastery
  • The primacy of the private and the origins of a free society
  • The character of the free individual
  • Conclusion : the invisibility of philosophy and the light of the good.