Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers Life Writing and Transversality in the Essais by Alison Calhoun
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Product Description
In his Essais Montaigne stresses that his theoretical interest in philosophy goes hand in hand with its practicality. In fact he makes it clear that there is little reason to live our lives according to doctrine without proof that others have successfully done so. Understanding Montaignes philosophical thought therefore means not only studying the philosophies of the great thinkers but also the characters and ways of life of the philosophers themselves. The focus of Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers Life Writing and Transversality in the Essais is how Montaigne assembled the lives of the philosophers on the pages of his Essais in order to grapple with two fundamental aims of his project first to transform the teaching of moral philosophy and next to experiment with a transverse construction of his self. Both of these objectives grew out of a dialogue with the structure and content in the life writing of Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius authors whose books were bestsellers during the essayists lifetime. show more
Condition : New
Author : Alison Calhoun
Weight : 574
Publisher : ROWMAN ampamp LITTLEFIELD
Language : English
EAN : 9781611494792
ISBN10 : 1611494796
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20130607
Place of Publication : Delaware United States
Pagination : 212
Dimensions : 163 X 238 X 22mm