The Cambridge Companion to Montaigne

ISBN-13: 9780521819534 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 268 str.

Ullrich Langer

Opis

This volume explores the range of Montaigne's philosophy and its social and intellectual contexts.

Recenzje

"readers of Early Modern philosophy will greatly benefit from the insights fathered in this book." Zahi Zalloua, Whitman College

Spis treści

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Chronology; 1. Introduction Ullrich Langer; 2. Montaigne's political and religious context Ullrich Langer; 3. Montaigne's legacy Warren Boutcher; 4. Montaigne and antiquity: fancies and grotesques John O'Brien; 5. The Essays and the New World Tom Conley; 6. Justice and the law: on the reverse side of the Essays André Tournon; 7. Montaigne and the notion of prudence Francis Goyet; 8. Montaigne and the truth of the schools Ian Maclean; 9. The investigation of nature George Hoffmann; 10. Montaigne and scepticism Ann Hartle; 11. Montaigne on moral philosophy and the good life J. B. Schneewind; Bibliography; Index.