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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quint, David, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t CONTENTS --  |t PREFACE --  |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --  |t CHAPTER ONE. Clemency and Revenge: The First Essay and Its Place in Montaigne's Book --  |t CHAPTER TWO. Cruelty and Noblesse: "De la cruaute" and "Couardise mere de la cruaute" --  |t CHAPTER THREE. The Culture That Cannot Pardon: "Des cannibales" in the Larger Essais --  |t CHAPTER FOUR. An Ethics of Yielding: "De Part de conferer" and "De la phisionomie" --  |t Notes --  |t Index --  |t ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
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