An Apology for Raymond Sebond
Michel de Montaigne, M. A. Screech (Translator), M. A. Screech (Introduction), M. A. ScreechBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
The essays of Montaigne (1533-92) offer a haunting and deeply influential picture of Man and his place in the University partly in the form of a self-portrait, arising out of a crisis of melancholy - a pioneering and ruthlessly honest analysis of his own thoughts and habits, feelings and failings. The Apology is a witty defence of a long-forgotten treatise on Natural Theology and a masterpiece of Counter-Reformation and Renaissance argument, and in it Montaigne is ironical and so fair to opposing views that it became a favourite with Deists and free-thinkers also.Synopsis
The essays of Montaigne (1533-92) offer a haunting and deeply influential picture of Man and his place in the University partly in the form of a self-portrait, arising out of a crisis of melancholy - a pioneering and ruthlessly honest analysis of his own thoughts and habits, feelings and failings. The Apology is a witty defence of a long-forgotten treatise on Natural Theology and a masterpiece of Counter-Reformation and Renaissance argument, and in it Montaigne is ironical and so fair to opposing views that it became a favourite with Deists and free-thinkers also.