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Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy : Ethical and Political Themes in the Essais /
In a fresh reading of Montaigne's Essais, David Quint portrays the great Renaissance writer as both a literary man and a deeply engaged political thinker concerned with the ethical basis of society and civil discourse. From the first essay, Montaigne places the reader in a world of violent poli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
| Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
392 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE. Clemency and Revenge: The First Essay and Its Place in Montaigne's Book
- CHAPTER TWO. Cruelty and Noblesse: "De la cruaute" and "Couardise mere de la cruaute"
- CHAPTER THREE. The Culture That Cannot Pardon: "Des cannibales" in the Larger Essais
- CHAPTER FOUR. An Ethics of Yielding: "De Part de conferer" and "De la phisionomie"
- Notes
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR