Montaigne And Bayle

Author : Craig B. Brush
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 370 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401196765

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Montaigne and Bayle by Craig B. Brush Pdf

It is traditional in the literature on Pierre Bayle to make some refer ene e to iVlontaigne as one of the masters of skepticism in whose tracks he follows, albeit hardly so eloselyas Charron had. Time and again critics feel the need to mention Montaigne and Bayle in the same context, sometimes to contrast their brands of Pyrrhonism, more often to explain similarities in their ideas and methods, which have frequent ly been regarded as important steps in the gradual evolution of un Christian, even anti-Christian, thought. Their names were already associated during Bayle's life, for example, in the mediocre work by Dom Alexis Gaudin, La Distinction et la Nature du Bien et du MaI, Traite ou l'on combat l'erreur des Manicheens, les sentimens de Jvfontaigne & de Charron, & ceux de J. Vfonsieur Bayle. In the nineteen th century, the author of the Dictionnaire historique et critique wa~ generally elassified as a skeptic; and his name was inevi tably linked with the essayist's. In his Port-Royal, Sainte-Beuve pictured Bayle as one of the avowed skeptics in Montaigne's funeral cortege and spoke of both men as "d'autant pIus fourbes qu'ils ne le sont pas toujours." His later works show that he revised his opinion on each somewhat, l but in this he was unusual for his century.

Author : Bayle St John
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019894938

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Montaigne the Essayist. A Biography. By Bayle St. John. With Illustrations ..; Volume 2 by Bayle St John Pdf

This biography of Michel de Montaigne, the French essayist and philosopher, provides a fascinating account of his life and the development of his ideas. Bayle St. John draws on a wide range of sources to paint a vivid picture of Montaigne's world and the intellectual milieu in which he lived. This book also includes detailed illustrations that bring Montaigne's world to life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bayle 1822-1859 St John
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1372204849

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MONTAIGNE THE ESSAYIST A BIOG by Bayle 1822-1859 St John Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bayle St. John
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044044495976

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Montaigne the Essayist by Bayle St. John Pdf

Author : Dikka Berven
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0815318391

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Montaigne: Montaigne's message and method by Dikka Berven Pdf

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Brian C. Ribeiro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004465541

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Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Pyrrhonizers by Brian C. Ribeiro Pdf

Brian C. Ribeiro’s Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Pyrrhonizers invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of Sextus, Montaigne, and Hume as radical Pyrrhonizing skeptics.

Author : Barbara Sher Tinsley
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1575910438

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Pierre Bayle's Reformation by Barbara Sher Tinsley Pdf

This work is an historiographical analysis of Bayle's view of the Reformation and the Europeans it affected."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Richard Henry Popkin,James E. Force,David S. Katz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9004110984

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Everything Connects by Richard Henry Popkin,James E. Force,David S. Katz Pdf

Richard H. Popkin has already been celebrated in two Festschriften as one of the century's greatest historians of philosophy.This latest book, whose editors were among those who prepared the first two volumes, centers on Popkin's crucial role in bringing together scholars from around the world in a long series of academic conferences and learned meetings which helped transform the field from one of solitary endeavour into a 'Republic of Letters'.Publications by Richard H. Popkin: Isaac la Peyrère (1596-1676): His Life, Work and Influence, ISBN: 978 90 04 08157 4 Edited by Y. Kaplan, H. Méchoulan and R.H. Popkin, Menasseh ben Israel and his World, ISBN: 978 90 04 09114 6 Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought, ISBN: 978 90 04 09324 9 Martin I.J. Griffin Jr. Annotated by Richard H. Popkin. Edited by Lila Freedman, Latitudinarianism in the Seventeenth-Century Church of England, ISBN: 978 90 04 09653 0 Edited by Richard H. Popkin and Arjo Vanderjagt, Scepticism and Irreligion in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, ISBN: 978 90 04 09596 0 Edited by Martin Mulsow and Richard H. Popkin, Latitudinarianism in the Seventeenth-Century Church of England, ISBN: 978 90 04 12883 5 Edited by R.H. Popkin, Millenarianism and Messianism in English Literature and Thought 1650-1800, ISBN: 978 90 04 08513 8 (Out of print)

Author : Biancamaria Fontana
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400824519

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Montaigne's Politics by Biancamaria Fontana Pdf

Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure--the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, and apolitical Essais. But, as Biancamaria Fontana argues in Montaigne's Politics, a novel, vivid account of the political meaning of the Essais in the context of Montaigne's life and times, his retirement from the Bordeaux parliament in 1570 "could be said to have marked the beginning, rather than the end, of his public career." He later served as mayor of Bordeaux and advisor to King Henry of Navarre, and, as Fontana argues, Montaigne's Essais very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics--particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. Fontana shows that the Essais, although written as a record of Montaigne's personal experiences, do nothing less than set forth the first major critique of France's ancien régime, anticipating the main themes of Enlightenment writers such as Voltaire and Diderot. Challenging the views that Montaigne was politically aloof or evasive, or that he was a conservative skeptic and supporter of absolute monarchy, Fontana explores many of the central political issues in Montaigne's work--the reform of legal institutions, the prospects of religious toleration, the role of public opinion, and the legitimacy of political regimes.

Author : Philippe Desan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190679231

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The Oxford Handbook of Montaigne by Philippe Desan Pdf

In 1580, Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) published a book unique by its title and its content: Essays"R. A literary genre was born. At first sight, the Essays resemble a patchwork of personal reflections, but they engage with questions that animate the human mind, and tend toward a single goal: to live better in the present and to prepare for death. For this reason, Montaigne's thought and writings have been a subject of enduring interest across disciplines. This Handbook brings together essays by prominent scholars that examine Montaigne's literary, philosophical, and political contributions, and assess his legacy and relevance today in a global perspective. The chapters of this Handbook offer a sweeping study of Montaigne across different disciplines and in a global perspective. One section covers the historical Montaigne, situating his thought in his own time and space, notably the Wars of Religion in France. The political, historical and religious context of Montaigne's Essays requires a rigorous presentation to inform the modern reader of the issues and problems that confronted Montaigne and his contemporaries in his own time. In addition to this contextual approach to Montaigne, the Handbook also establishes a connection between Montaigne's writings and issues and problems directly relevant to our modern times, that is to say, our age of global ideology. Montaigne's considerations, or essays, offer a point of departure for the modern reader's own assessments. The Essays analyze what can be broadly defined as human nature, the endless process by which the individual tries to impose opinions upon others through the production of laws, policies or philosophies. Montaigne's motto -- "What do I know?" -- is a simple question yet one of perennial significance. One could argue that reading Montaigne today teaches us that the angle defines the world we see, or, as Montaigne wrote: "What matters is not merely that we see the thing, but how we see it."

Author : Warren Boutcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780198739661

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The School of Montaigne in Early Modern Europe by Warren Boutcher Pdf

This major two-volume study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Montaigne's Essais and their fortunes in early modern Europe and the modern western university. Volume One focuses on contexts from within Montaigne's own milieu and on the ways in which his book made him a patron-author or instant classic in the eyes of his editor Marie de Gournay and his promoter Justus Lipsius. Volume Two focuses on the reader/writers across Europe who used the Essais to make their own works, from corrected editions and translations in print, to life-writing and personal records in manuscript. The two volumes work together to offer a new picture of the book's significance in literary and intellectual history. Montaigne's is now usually understood to be the school of late humanism or of Pyrrhonian scepticism. This study argues that the school of Montaigne potentially included everyone in early modern Europe with occasion and means to read and write for themselves and for their friends and family, unconstrained by an official function or scholastic institution. For the Essais were shaped by a battle that had intensified since the Reformation and that would continue through to the pre-Enlightenment period. It was a battle to regulate the educated individual's judgement in reading and acting upon the two books bequeathed by God to man. The book of scriptures and the book of nature were becoming more accessible through print and manuscript cultures. But at the same time that access was being mediated more intensively by teachers such as clerics and humanists, by censors and institutions, by learned authors of past and present, and by commentaries and glosses upon those authors. Montaigne enfranchised the unofficial reader-writer with liberties of judgement offered and taken in the specific historical conditions of his era. The study draws on new ways of approaching literary history through the history of the book and of reading. The Essais are treated as a mobile, transnational work that travelled from Bordeaux to Paris and beyond to markets in other countries from England and Switzerland, to Italy and the Low Countries. Close analysis of editions, paratexts, translations, and annotated copies is informed by a distinct concept of the social context of a text. The concept is derived from anthropologist Alfred Gell's notion of the "art nexus": the specific types of actions and agency relations mediated by works of art understood as "indexes" that give rise to inferences of particular kinds. Throughout the two volumes the focus is on the particular nexus in which a copy, an edition, an extract, is embedded, and on the way that nexus might be described by early modern people.

Author : Fosl Peter S. Fosl
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474451154

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Hume's Scepticism by Fosl Peter S. Fosl Pdf

Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume's scepticism Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He does this by first situating Hume's thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work - including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.

Author : José Raimundo Maia Neto,Gianni Paganini,John Christian Laursen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004177840

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Skepticism in the Modern Age by José Raimundo Maia Neto,Gianni Paganini,John Christian Laursen Pdf

Since the publication of the first edition of Richard Popkin s classic The History of Scepticism in 1960, skepticism has been increasingly recognized as a major force in the development of early modern philosophy. This book provides a review of current scholarship and significant updated research on some of the main thinkers and issues related to the reappraisal of ancient skepticism in the modern age. Special attention is given to the nature, importance, and relation to religion of Montaigne s and Hume s skepticisms; to the various skeptical and non-skeptical sources of Cartesian doubt; to the skeptical and anti-skeptical impact of Cartesianism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and to philosophers who dealt with skeptical issues in the development of their own various intellectual interests.

Author : Jerome Schwartz
Publisher : Librairie Droz
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2600034773

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Diderot and Montaigne : the "Essais" and the Shaping of Diderot's Humanism by Jerome Schwartz Pdf

Author : Craig Brush
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0823215504

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From the Perspective of the Self by Craig Brush Pdf

Brush's critical study of the Essays examines the complex process of writing a self-portrait, showing the ways in which it is an entirely different enterprise from writing autobiography. The author discusses how Montaigne revealed his "mind in motion," and the most remarkable feature of that mind, skepticism. He treats Montaigne's development of a conversational voice and explicates how Montaigne's intense self-examination became an evolutionary process which had consequences in his life and literature.