Michel de Montaigne Knihy

Nad Rabelaise a Montaigne francouzská renesance nevydala osobností výsostnějších a důsažnějších trvalostí a světovou rozsáhlostí vlivu. Rabelais představuje její radostný a důvěřivý počátek, zatímco Montaigne je výrazem její zralosti, kdy pozbyla optimistických iluzí a svobody myšlení používá k studiu lidské přirozenosti a jejích možností. Montaigne vyjadřuje poselství tolerance a laskavého skepticismu prostřednictvím literárního eseje, který je prostý, přirozený a neomezený pravidly rétoriky či filosofického diskursu. Jeho eseje se zaměřují na autentické mravní stanovisko spíše než na souvislost filosofického systému. Montaigne vydal tři knihy esejů, které si získaly pozornost domácí i zahraniční čtenářské veřejnosti a od osmnáctého století, „věku tolerance“, patří mezi nejproslulejší a nejvlivnější díla světového písemnictví. Český čtenář měl dosud možnost seznámit se pouze s malou ukázkou v starším výboru Ottovy Světové knihovny. Tato kniha se snaží vyplnit mezeru v naší překladové literatuře a přinést podstatné části Montaignova nesmrtelného díla.

Describing his collection of Essays as ‘a book consubstantial with its author’, Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European literature. A humanist, a sceptic, an acute observer of himself and others, he reflects the great themes of existence through the prism of his own self-consciousness. Apparent in every line he wrote, his virtues of tolerance, moderation and disinterested inquiry amount to an undeclared manifesto for the Enlightenment, whose prophet he is. This complete edition of his works supplements the Essays with travel diaries and letters, thereby completing the portrait of a true Renaissance man.

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A superb achievement, one that successfully brings together in accessible form the work of two major writers of Renaissance France. This is now the default version of Montaigne in English. --Timothy Hampton, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley

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Describing his collection of Essays as `a book consubstantial with its author', Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European literature. schovat popis

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