Great Ideas: On Solitude by Montaigne Michel De

Great Ideas: On Solitude

Author: Montaigne Michel De

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic and timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, the importance of sleep and why we sometimes laugh and cry at the same things.

Montaigne the Essays: a Selection

By Montaigne Michel De

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. In the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for...

Published: 03/10/1993

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140446029

RRP: $9.95

Great Ideas: On Friendship

By Montaigne Michel De

Michel de Montaigne was the originator of the modern essay form; in these diverse pieces he expresses his views on relationships, contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, argues that all creatures should be respected, and attempts to understand the nature of humanity.

Published: 01/03/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141018867

RRP: $9.95

The Complete Essays

By Montaigne Michel De

In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and thinking. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'assays', inspired by ideas he found in the books of his library and his own experience. He discussed subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. But, above all, Montaigne...

Published: 01/01/1993

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140446043

RRP: $39.95