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The Political Philosophy of Montaigne

The Political Philosophy of Montaigne

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PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0801497418
ISBN13: 9780801497414
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Dec 18 1990
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.05 Depth: 9.28
Language: English

This provocative book provides a comprehensive interpretation of Montaigne's Essays as a work of political philosophy. David Lewis Schaefer diverges from the prevailing view, which prizes the Essays as an example of authentic literary self-portrayal but holds that the book is not a coherent philosophical work. Arguing for Montaigne's significance as one of the philosophic architects of the intellectual revolution that generated the distinctive characteristics of modernity, Schaefer demonstrates the extent to which Montaigne was a systematic, radical, and political thinker.

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