The success of the Essais appears to be linked to the development of the libertine school of thought. Despite the external triumph of the moral order at the end of the seventeenth century, Michel de Montaigne remained an inspiration to inquisitive thinkers attentive to social evolution, therefore contributing to the birth of the secular spirit.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-15026-8
EAN:9782406150268
ISSN: 0986-492X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-265-7
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 09-15-2006
Language: French
Keyword: Nature, experience, religion, history, state, wisdom, Pierre Charron, Blaise Pascal, Cyrano de Bergerac, sixteenth-century literature, seventeenth-century literature
