Twenty-Nine Essays
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few writers in the Western canon have matched Michel de Montaigne's extraordinary capacity for honest, penetrating self-inquiry, and Twenty-Nine Essays presents a masterfully curated selection of his finest work, chosen and introduced by the renowned philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler. Translated with scrupulous fidelity by Donald M. Frame and brought to vivid life through the illustrations of Carol Wald, this volume distills the Renaissance genius's lifelong project of examining the human condition through the intimate lens of personal experience — confronting vanity, friendship, cannibalism, solitude, and death with remarkable candour and wit. Montaigne, widely regarded as the father of the personal essay, wrote not to instruct but to think aloud, and in doing so he created a literary form that has shaped centuries of intellectual discourse. His prose carries a conversational warmth that belies its philosophical depth, drawing the reader into a dialogue across five hundred years of history. Adler's authoritative introduction frames the essays within their broader humanist tradition, making this Franklin Library edition an essential and beautifully produced gateway into a mind that remains startlingly, irresistibly modern — leaving any reader to wonder just how little the human animal has truly changed.
Author: Michel De Montaigne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, The Franklin Library, Franklin Centre, Pennsylvania
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few writers in the Western canon have matched Michel de Montaigne's extraordinary capacity for honest, penetrating self-inquiry, and Twenty-Nine Essays presents a masterfully curated selection of his finest work, chosen and introduced by the renowned philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler. Translated with scrupulous fidelity by Donald M. Frame and brought to vivid life through the illustrations of Carol Wald, this volume distills the Renaissance genius's lifelong project of examining the human condition through the intimate lens of personal experience — confronting vanity, friendship, cannibalism, solitude, and death with remarkable candour and wit. Montaigne, widely regarded as the father of the personal essay, wrote not to instruct but to think aloud, and in doing so he created a literary form that has shaped centuries of intellectual discourse. His prose carries a conversational warmth that belies its philosophical depth, drawing the reader into a dialogue across five hundred years of history. Adler's authoritative introduction frames the essays within their broader humanist tradition, making this Franklin Library edition an essential and beautifully produced gateway into a mind that remains startlingly, irresistibly modern — leaving any reader to wonder just how little the human animal has truly changed.