Michel De Montaigne: 112 books

Looking past the end of one’s nose is very difficult. The rules are set up to punish those who do. In every moment, the chance to choose. If I never hear the cries, or see the suffering, did they really happen? If I turn my back, does the sun ever really set? If I live in that infinitely circumscribed realm forever, have I really lived at all?

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying length. They were originally written in Middle French and were originally published in the Kingdom of France.

The city comes and goes slowly and haltingly. The trolley seems in no particular hurry: it’s like a great earthworm creeping over saturated soil, stopping to inspect morsels of rotting food. The stops aren’t identical, but they may as well be. The people aren’t identical, either. But they, too,...

"The unexamined life is not worth living." So said Socrates, or so the legend goes. Well, he was right. In these short essays, I look at the big L, Life. Since no one lives in a vacuum, there is much inside these pages for everyone, from health and happiness to pursuing one's...

Obituaries and funerals are always the same. It does not matter if the deceased was a great man or a monster; those eulogizing him will proclaim the same thing: that he was an awesome guy, a loving father, and a valued member of the community. Few people question any of it, especially surviving relatives....

Edition Philosophie Magazin: Eine exklusive Auswahl zentraler philosophischer Texte durch das "Philosophie Magazin".Mit einer Auswahl der berühmtesten Essais:›Von der Freundschaft‹ / ›Dass unsere Empfindung des Guten und Bösen großteils von der Meinung abhängt, die wir davon haben‹...

She got up and found a book of matches, came back and sat. She examined the wick, which was partially buried in the wax, and then pried it free with her thumb. She thought of the handsome dark man: the mysterious vendor who had told her that lovely, sad story of a candle that would light only for...

Aus dem Französischen neu übersetzt von Dr. Ulrich BossierDie Essais des französischen Moralphilosophen Michel Eyquem Seigneur de Montaigne sind der faszinierende Versuch einer Formulierung über den Menschen an sich und seiner Situation in der Welt. Als archimedischer Punkt philosophischen Fragens...

Leggere Montaigne è come vedersi riflessi in uno specchio attraverso le parole di un amico. E a un dialogo con un amico saggio e stravagante assomiglia la lettura di questa selezione dei Saggi. In Sopravvivi all’amore lo sguardo è rivolto all’intimità del soggetto, caratterizzato da sentimenti...

Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness and honesty ("bonne foi"). He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features, which resonates to the Renaissance thought about the fragility of humans....

Les animaux parlent tout comme l'homme. Montaigne confère à la communication animale une pleine valeur de langage : « Qu'est-ce autre chose que parler, cette faculté que nous leur voyons de se plaindre, de se réjouir, de s'entr'appeler au secours, se convier à l'amour, comme ils font par l'usage de leur voix ? »

Com’è possibile aprirsi al mondo senza perdere se stessi e, anzi, affermarsi in questa apertura? È questa la domanda che fa da sfondo alla selezione dei Saggi di Montaigne pubblicati in Scopri il mondo. Per rispondere, il filosofo lega l’idea di un sapere autonomo alla descrizione di alcune...