{"product_id":"montaigne-and-the-lives-of-the-philosophers-life-writing-and-transversality-in-the-essais-9781611494792","title":"Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers: Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his Essais, Montaigne stresses that his theoretical interest in philosophy goes hand in hand with its practicality. In fact, he makes it clear that there is little reason to live our lives according to doctrine without proof that others have successfully done so. Understanding Montaigne’s philosophical thought, therefore, means not only studying the philosophies of the great thinkers, but also the characters and ways of life of the philosophers themselves. The focus of Montaigne and the Lives of the Philosophers: Life Writing and Transversality in the Essais is how Montaigne assembled the lives of the philosophers on the pages of his Essais in order to grapple with two fundamental aims of his project: first, to transform the teaching of moral philosophy, and next, to experiment with a transverse construction of his self. Both of these objectives grew out of a dialogue with the structure and content in the life writing of Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius, authors whose books were bestsellers during the essayist’s lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction: Montaigne and Transversality  Chapter 1: Montaigne’s Two Plutarchs Plutarch and the Lives as Moral Philosophy Comparison in the Sixteenth Century and Plutarch’s Parallels Comparison and Knowledge Parallel Lives of the Philosophers Montaigne Parallel to the Philosophers  Opposition and Discussion: Montaigne and La Boétie   Chapter 2: Assembling Strange Flowers: Montaigne and Diogenes Laertius Doxographer, Poet, Biographer Montaigne’s Passage Montaigne’s Philosophical Tabloids Lowered Standards for Wisdom and Virtue: Stories of Hypocrisy and Conversion  Chapter 3: Montaigne’s Pyrrho Sources for Montaigne’s Pyrrho The Renaissance Transmission of the Life of Pyrrho  In Search of a Livable Skepticism  Pyrrho and Montaigne in the Same Boat A Language of Humanness   Chapter 4: The Deaths of the Philosophers Getting Used to Death: Montaigne’s Brother, The Riding Accident, La Boétie  “The Bottom of the Pot”: Unmasking and Speaking Plain French Philosophers in Pain: Seneca and Epicurus A “Reasonable Exit”: Socrates and Diogenes of Sinope Chapter 5: The Fabrication of Michel de Montaigne Marie de Gournay’s Transverse Self  The Vie de Montaigne and the Honnête Homme  The Pierre Coste Edition: Continuing the Essay Project  Conclusion : Montaigne’s Transverse Self  Bibliography  Index  About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041712636247,"sku":"9781611494792","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611494792.jpg?v=1750951401","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/montaigne-and-the-lives-of-the-philosophers-life-writing-and-transversality-in-the-essais-9781611494792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}