Tag: humanism
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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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Examples of Michel de Montaigne and humanism
In his “Essays,” Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) often called for reason and tolerance. Those are distinctive features of humanism, together with critical thinking, a love […]
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Michel de Montaigne and humanism
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) is the archetypical writer from the Renaissance, the archetypical example of Humanism. Nowadays, his ideas are almost forgotten. They are no […]
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