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Montaigne and the lives of the philosophers : life writing and transversality in the Essais / Alison Calhoun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calhoun, Alison, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics in literature.
- Philosophy in literature.
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
- Montaigne, Michel de.
- Plutarch--Influence.
- Plutarch.
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : University of Delaware Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <span><span>This book rethinks Montaigne's philosophical thought in terms of transversality by investigating the essayist's debt to ancient life writers Diogenes Laertius and Plutarch. Its scope is therefore of interest to scholars of ancient and early modern life writing, ancient and early modern philosophy, as well as scholars of early modern literary history. </span></span>
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61149-744-2
- 1-61149-553-9
- 1-61149-480-X
- OCLC:
- 899158566
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