false 17241 10 0 In his own time, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman then as an author. The tendency in his essays to digress into anecdotes and personal ruminations was seen as detrimental to proper style rather than as an innovation, and his declaration that, 'I am myself the matter of my book', was viewed by his contemporaries as self-indulgent. In time, however, Montaigne would be recognized as embodying, perhaps better than any other author of his time, the spirit of freely entertaining doubt which began to emerge at that time. He is most famously known for his skeptical remark, 'Que sais-je?' ('What do I know?'). Remarkably modern even to readers today, Montaigne's attempt to examine the world through the lens of the only thing he can depend on implicitly — his own judgment — makes him more accessible to modern readers than any other author of the Renaissance. Much of modern literary non-fiction has found inspiration in Montaigne, and writers of all kinds continue to read him for his masterful balance of intellectual knowledge and personal story-telling.]]> male 1533/02/28 1592/09/13 30735 0140446044 9780140446043 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202765475m/30735.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202765475s/30735.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30735.The_Complete_Essays 4.30 442 17241 4.19 895 95 1580 30741 0140446028 9780140446029 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168108156m/30741.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168108156s/30741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30741.Montaigne_Essays_A_Selection 4.01 111 17241 4.19 895 95 1973 662867 185715259X 9781857152593 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176887155m/662867.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176887155s/662867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/662867.The_Complete_Works 4.16 32
Also included in this complete edition of his works are Montaigne’s letters and his travel journal, fascinating records of the experiences and contemplations that would shape and infuse his essays. Montaigne speaks to us always in a personal voice in which his virtues of tolerance, moderation, and understanding are dazzlingly manifest.

Donald M. Frame’s masterful translation is widely acknowledged to be the classic English version.]]> 17241 4.19 895 95 1958 865876 0141018860 9780141018867 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179015857m/865876.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179015857s/865876.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865876.Penguin_Great_Ideas_On_Friendship 3.53 30 ]]> 17241 4.19 895 95 2004 117593 0872206793 9780872206793 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171740305m/117593.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171740305s/117593.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117593.Apology_for_Raymond_Sebond 3.75 16 This new translation by Roger Ariew and Marjorie Grene achieves both accuracy and fluency, conveying at once the nuances of Montaigne's arguments and his distinctive literary style.

]]> 17241 4.19 895 95 1988 1425073 2080702106 9782080702104 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183486165m/1425073.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183486165s/1425073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1425073.Essais_1 3.75 4 Au siècle de Rabelais, des poètes de la Pléiade et de l'humanisme européen, l'oeuvre de Montaigne reste une météorite inclassable, entre écriture personnelle et monument philosophique. Oeuvre d'un homme engagé dans son temps, les Essais allaient fonder toute une tradition d'écriture à la française, de Pascal à Malraux, de Rousseau à Camus. --Karla Manuele

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