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Montaigne's Politics : Authority and Governance in the Essais /

Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure--the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, and apolitical Essais. But, as Biancamaria Fontana argues in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Fontana, Biancamaria
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The spirit of the laws
  • In a leaden century : the decline of virtue
  • Freedom of conscience : the politics of toleration
  • Freedom of conscience : governing opinion
  • Turning the tide : trust and legitimacy
  • Learning from experience : politics as practice
  • Conclusion: Montaigne's legacy.