How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah BakewellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is an excellent, motivating and readable exploration of the philosophy of Montaigne's Essays. I was underwhelmed the first time I read them, but know I must consider them again. This helps with context: the ataraxia sought by Montaigne like that of the Stoics was borne of the war and turbulence of his time... Bakewell delivers the relevant biography of Montaigne's full life and the life and evolution of the text itself.
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