Analysis of the metaphysics of the Essais reveals a fundamentally negative conception of being. While the fullness of the writing does not ultimately compensate for Montaigne’s doubt, the discourse nevertheless manages to lucidly probe the emptiness of being, offering ever-renewed intellectual challenge.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-13261-5
EAN:9782406132615
ISSN: 0986-492X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-269-5
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 09-15-2006
Language: French
Keyword: Intertextuality, Pyrrhonism, repentance, regret, rhetoric, faith, Apologie de Raymond Sebond, ancient philosophy, humanism, sixteenth-century literature
