Stefan Zweig , Will Stone (Translator)
Montaigne (Pushkin Collection)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781782271031
- author:
- Stefan Zweig , Will Stone (Translator)
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Pushkin Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 12.2 x 1.5 x 16.5 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Medical, Legal & Social Sciences, Philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Stefan Zweig's biography of Michel de Montaigne is a passionate and readable account of the life of one of the founding fathers of humanism. Written during the Second World War, the book is also a heartfelt argument for the importance of intellectual freedom, tolerance and humanism. Zweig draws strong parallels between Montaigne's time, marked by conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, and his own, in which the twin fanaticisms of Fascism and Communism threatened the liberal culture he cherished.
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