NDLI: Montaigne and the classical tradition

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Schaefer, David Lewis
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Montaigne’sEssays (originally published in successively revised and expanded edition, 1580–1595) is one of the major sources through which knowledge of the classical tradition was dispersed in western Europe during the late Renaissance. Much of theEssays reads, in fact, like a pastiche of quotations from a great variety of classical authors, along with countless anecdotes concerning assorted figures from Greek and Roman antiquity. But what was the intent underlying Montaigne’s use of the ancients? Was he an unqualified admirer of classical republicanism, was he aiming to revive philosophy in its classic form, or did his presentation of the classics embody and generate a fundamental revision in how both classical philosophy and republicanism are understood? In this paper I argue for the third of these alternatives.
Starting Page	179
Ending Page	194
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10730508
Journal	International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18746292
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2001-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Classical Studies Languages and Literature Arts
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cultural Studies Classics

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Montaigne and the classical tradition