Michel de Montaigne: Accidental Philosopher

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Author: Ann Hartle

ISBN-10: 0521821681

ISBN-13: 9780521821681

Category: French Literature

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This book treats Montaigne as a serious thinker in his own right.

Acknowledgements; Note on the texts; Introduction; Part I. A New Figure:1. 'That is where he got it!': Montaigne's caprices and the humours of ancient philosophy; 2. Bending and stretching the categories of traditional metaphysics; 3. The essay as philosophical form; Part II. Accidental Philosophy: 4. The circular dialectic of self-knowledge; 5. 'What it means to believe'; 6. The latent metaphysics of accidental philosophy; Part III. The Character of the Accidental Philosopher: 7. Montaigne's character: the great-souled man without pride; 8. What he learned in the nursery: accidental moral philosophy and Montaigne's reformation; 9. Christianity and the limits of politics; Notes; Works cited; Index.