Montaignes Hauptwerk begrundeten die literarische Form des Essays. Die einzelnen Abschnitte seiner Essais betrachten unterschiedliche Objekte von ebenso unterschiedlichem Rang und reichen etwa von konfessionellen Streitfragen uber die Medizin und Heilkunde, zu grundlegenden Problemen menschlicher Erkenntnis, betrachten das zwischenmenschliche Zusammenleben, Hexenprozesse und Aberglauben, Reiten und Pferde in einer kaleidoskopischen Vielfalt."
Montaignes Hauptwerk begrundeten die literarische Form des Essays. Die einzelnen Abschnitte seiner Essais betrachten unterschiedliche Objekte von eben...
Of all egotists, Montaigne, if not the greatest, was the most fascinating, because, perhaps, he was the least affected and most truthful. What he did, and what he had professed to do, was to dissect his mind, and show us, as best he could, how it was made, and what relation it bore to external objects. He investigated his mental structure as a schoolboy pulls his watch to pieces, to examine the mechanism of the works; and the result, accompanied by illustrations abounding with originality and force, he delivered to his fellow men in a book. Eloquence, rhetorical effect, poetry, were alike...
Of all egotists, Montaigne, if not the greatest, was the most fascinating, because, perhaps, he was the least affected and most truthful. What he did,...
Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533 92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers to their stylistic forebear. Though it s been over four hundred years since he began writing his essays, Montaigne s writing is still fresh, and his use of the form as a...
Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533 92). But save for the recent notable best se...
Of all egotists, Montaigne, if not the greatest, was the most fascinating, because, perhaps, he was the least affected and most truthful. What he did, and what he had professed to do, was to dissect his mind, and show us, as best he could, how it was made, and what relation it bore to external objects. He investigated his mental structure as a schoolboy pulls his watch to pieces, to examine the mechanism of the works; and the result, accompanied by illustrations abounding with originality and force, he delivered to his fellow men in a book. Eloquence, rhetorical effect, poetry, were alike...
Of all egotists, Montaigne, if not the greatest, was the most fascinating, because, perhaps, he was the least affected and most truthful. What he did,...
