This book rethinks Montaigne's philosophical thought in terms of transversality by investigating the essayist's debt to ancient life writers Diogenes Laertius and Plutarch. Its scope is of interest to scholars of ancient and early modern life writing, ancient and early modern philosophy, as well as scholars of early modern literary history.
This book rethinks Montaigne's philosophical thought in terms of transversality by investigating the essayist's debt to ancient life writers Diogenes Laertius and Plutarch. Its scope is of interest to scholars of ancient and early modern life writing, ancient and early modern philosophy, as well as scholars of early modern literary history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alison Calhoun is assistant professor of French at Indiana University.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Montaigne and Transversality Chapter 1: Montaigne's Two Plutarchs Plutarch and the Lives as Moral Philosophy Comparison in the Sixteenth Century and Plutarch's Parallels Comparison and Knowledge Parallel Lives of the Philosophers Montaigne Parallel to the Philosophers Opposition and Discussion: Montaigne and La Boétie Chapter 2: Assembling Strange Flowers: Montaigne and Diogenes Laertius Doxographer, Poet, Biographer Montaigne's Passage Montaigne's Philosophical Tabloids Lowered Standards for Wisdom and Virtue: Stories of Hypocrisy and Conversion Chapter 3: Montaigne's Pyrrho Sources for Montaigne's Pyrrho The Renaissance Transmission of the Life of Pyrrho In Search of a Livable Skepticism Pyrrho and Montaigne in the Same Boat A Language of Humanness Chapter 4: The Deaths of the Philosophers Getting Used to Death: Montaigne's Brother, The Riding Accident, La Boétie "The Bottom of the Pot": Unmasking and Speaking Plain French Philosophers in Pain: Seneca and Epicurus A "Reasonable Exit": Socrates and Diogenes of Sinope Chapter 5: The Fabrication of Michel de Montaigne Marie de Gournay's Transverse Self The Vie de Montaigne and the Honnête Homme The Pierre Coste Edition: Continuing the Essay Project Conclusion : Montaigne's Transverse Self Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction: Montaigne and Transversality Chapter 1: Montaigne's Two Plutarchs Plutarch and the Lives as Moral Philosophy Comparison in the Sixteenth Century and Plutarch's Parallels Comparison and Knowledge Parallel Lives of the Philosophers Montaigne Parallel to the Philosophers Opposition and Discussion: Montaigne and La Boétie Chapter 2: Assembling Strange Flowers: Montaigne and Diogenes Laertius Doxographer, Poet, Biographer Montaigne's Passage Montaigne's Philosophical Tabloids Lowered Standards for Wisdom and Virtue: Stories of Hypocrisy and Conversion Chapter 3: Montaigne's Pyrrho Sources for Montaigne's Pyrrho The Renaissance Transmission of the Life of Pyrrho In Search of a Livable Skepticism Pyrrho and Montaigne in the Same Boat A Language of Humanness Chapter 4: The Deaths of the Philosophers Getting Used to Death: Montaigne's Brother, The Riding Accident, La Boétie "The Bottom of the Pot": Unmasking and Speaking Plain French Philosophers in Pain: Seneca and Epicurus A "Reasonable Exit": Socrates and Diogenes of Sinope Chapter 5: The Fabrication of Michel de Montaigne Marie de Gournay's Transverse Self The Vie de Montaigne and the Honnête Homme The Pierre Coste Edition: Continuing the Essay Project Conclusion : Montaigne's Transverse Self Bibliography Index About the Author
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