Category: Michel de Montaigne
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Democritus and Heraclitus: Montaigne and humanistic ideas
When Renaissance authors undertook the study of antiquity, they had a practical purpose in mind. They expected to learn something useful from ancient history. Michel […]
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Michel de Montaigne and humanistic ideas
What we call “humanistic” nowadays has little to do with the work of humanists in the sixteenth century, such as Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). They […]
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Aristotle: Michel de Montaigne and classical philosophy
Despite his extensive study of classical philosophy, Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) paid relatively little attention to Aristotle. He quoted Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Plato and […]
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Cicero: Michel de Montaigne and classical philosophy
When Michel de Montaigne referred to classical philosophy in his “Essays,” his goal was to illustrate a particular point or give credibility to a certain […]
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Stoicism: Michel de Montaigne and classical philosophy
Together with scepticism and hedonism, stoicism exerted a strong influence on Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). About one third of his “Essays” convey the doctrines of […]
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Democritus and Heraclitus: Montaigne and classical philosophy
The study of history and philosophy is pointless unless you can draw hands-on advice. Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) had understood perfectly the need to draw […]
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Michel de Montaigne and classical philosophy
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1539) loved classical authors, philosophers or not, and read their books in Latin. For Greek authors such as Aristotle, he resorted to […]
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Results orientation in Michel de Montaigne and the Renaissance
Renaissance art is reputed for its proportion and harmony. It represents the human figure in an idealized manner, which also remains realistic. Michel de Montaigne […]
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Simplicity in Michel de Montaigne and the Renaissance
Historians attribute to Tacitus (and Cicero to a lesser extent) a style characterized by short, profound sentences that can be interpreted at different levels. Tacitus […]
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Cato in Michel de Montaigne and the Renaissance
Ancient Stoicism plays an important role in the “Essays” by Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). The essays contain a large number of references to Seneca and […]
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