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Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers - Life Writing and Transversality in the Essais (Hardcover)
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Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers - Life Writing and Transversality in the Essais (Hardcover)
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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 Montaigne's 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 essayist's
lifetime.
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