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message 1: by Cari, Club Moderator (last edited Sep 05, 2017 03:24AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Sep 04, 2017 01:11PM

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Count Rostov and his friend, Mishka, liked to discuss Les Essais (The Essays of Michel de Montaigne). Voltaire thought of Montaigne as a revolutionary thinker. In this article, it briefly highlights these essays and the motivation from the man behind them to have some consider Michel de Montaigne the first modern man.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

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message 2: by Keith, Club Moderator (new) - rated it 4 stars

Sep 05, 2017 03:07AM

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Nice article! The New Yorker appears to like Montaigne (and who shouldn't!), because there's another article they have including other aspects of his life and influence. FYI

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

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message 3: by Cari, Club Moderator (new) - rated it 4 stars

Sep 07, 2017 10:29AM

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Hope you're having fun! We missed you last night. Lots of love to Mary Jo!

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