Montaigne - Les Essais de Montaigne - 1912

Fascinating four-volume set of one of the major monuments of French philosophical literature and Renaissance humanist thought, in which Michel de Montaigne undertakes a wide-ranging exploration of the human condition through a free, personal, and deeply introspective reflection -

Split here into four volumes, this singular work does not follow a rigid philosophical system but gathers a multitude of meditations, observations and digressions on human behaviors, morality, politics, education, religion, death, friendship, war, knowledge, and the limits of reason -

Montaigne makes himself the main subject of his book, not out of vanity but because he believes that a sincere study of a man allows a better understanding of humanity as a whole -

He observes with lucidity his own thoughts, his habits, his emotions, his contradictions and his weaknesses in order to reach a universal human truth grounded in lived experience. The author continually develops an attitude of doubt and moderation inherited from ancient skepticism, rejecting absolute certainties and intellectual or religious dogmatisms -

Montaigne - The Essays of Montaigne - SD (Circa 1912) - Volumes I, II, III and IV - Ernest Flammarion -
384 - 372 - 376- 349 pp

Good condition of bindings, volumes in their original red half-leather, marbled boards, wear from use, some minor flaws on the covers, foxing on corners and edges, speckled edges, gilt titles, volumes and author’s name –

Good interior condition, browning, small vignette on title page, marbled endpapers in good condition, pleasant overall –

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