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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne
in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Book • 2011
This book is a unique biography that tells the story of Michel de Montaigne's life through the questions he asked himself and the various answers he explored in his essays.
Montaigne, a Renaissance nobleman and philosopher, wrote essays that were free-roaming explorations of his thoughts and experiences.
Bakewell's work delves into Montaigne's upbringing, his career, his friendships, and his reflections on life, death, and human nature.
The book provides twenty different answers to the overarching question 'How to live?
' drawn from Montaigne's texts, offering practical and philosophical advice on living a good life.
Montaigne, a Renaissance nobleman and philosopher, wrote essays that were free-roaming explorations of his thoughts and experiences.
Bakewell's work delves into Montaigne's upbringing, his career, his friendships, and his reflections on life, death, and human nature.
The book provides twenty different answers to the overarching question 'How to live?
' drawn from Montaigne's texts, offering practical and philosophical advice on living a good life.
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