Montaigne'S Discovery of Man : The Humanization of a Humanist / Donald M. Frame.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frame, Donald M., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1955]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the evolution of Montaigne's humanistic views in three stages: beginning with his advocating self-mastery and a firm struggle for consistency against the ills of life to prepare to meet pain and death worthily, then to a period of skeptical crisis in which he critiques human knowledge, and ending with his Epicurean period in which he preached a concentration on simple human goodness rather than on works of stoical supererogation, moderation rather than abstention or excess, and a balance of duties between oneself and others that is neither selfishness nor unselfishness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Young Hedonist, 1533-1563

2. The Apprehensive Humanist. 1563-1573

3. The Skeptical Revolt, 1573-1576

4. Self-Discovery and Liberation, 1577-1578

5. The Free Man, 1578-1580

6. The Discovery of Others, 1580-1586

7. The Whole Man 1586-1592

Conclusion

Notes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88674-8

OCLC:

1100431711