Essays |
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| Translator:
| Florio, John |
| Author:
| De Montaigne, Michel |
| Series title: | Great Books in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59102-270-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books, Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.99 |
Book Description:
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Contains writings about vanity, the value of friendship, constancy, idleness, liars, virtue, cowardice, prognostication, cannibals, the greatness of Rome, and a host of other topics. This work contains insights and observations that have inspired writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Bacon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Flaubert, Virginia Woolf, and others.
Contains writings about vanity, the value of friendship, constancy, idleness, liars, virtue, cowardice, prognostication, cannibals, the greatness of Rome, and a host of other topics. This work contains insights and observations that have inspired writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Bacon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Flaubert, Virginia Woolf, and others.