Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings A Bilingual Edition,9780312546359

Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings A Bilingual Edition

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ISBN13: 9780312546359
ISBN10: 0312546351
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1969-10-15
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

These classic translations of Montaigne are presented with the authoritative French text on facing pages and provide an introduction and extensive notes helping students appreciate the depth and clarity of Montaigne's thinking. The text includes Books 1, 2, and 3 of the essays; Montaigne's translation of the natural theology of Raymond Sebond; a travel journal; and selected letters.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION v(14)
NOTE ON THE TEXT xix(4)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY xxiii
ESSAYS To the Reader 3(2)
BOOK ONE 5(138)
8 Of Idleness
5(4)
20 That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die (XXX)
9(8)
26 Of the Education of Children (XXX)
17(62)
31 Of Cannibals
79(40)
39 Of Solitude (XXX)
119(12)
50 Of Democritus and Heraclitus
131(12)
BOOK TWO 143(170)
1 Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions
143(20)
6 Of Practice
163(36)
12 Apology for Raymond Sebond (XXX)
199(56)
17 Of Presumption (XXX)
255(20)
18 Of Giving the Life
275(14)
37 Of the Resemblance of Children to Fathers (XXX)
289(24)
BOOK THREE 313(152)
2 Of Repentance
313(42)
9 Of Vanity (XXX)
355(24)
10 Of Husbanding Your Will (XXX)
379(16)
12 Of Physiognomy (XXX)
395(12)
13 Of Experience (XXX)
407(58)
SELECTED WRITINGS 465(29)
Translation of the Natural Theology of Raymond Sebond (XXX)
465(4)
Latin Inscription Commemorating Montaigne's Retirement
469(2)
Travel Journal (XXX)
471(10)
Letters To His Father: On the Death of La Boetie (XXX)
481(4)
To King Henry IV
485(6)
To King Henry IV
491(3)
GLOSSARY 494

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