Montaigne'S Discovery of Man : : The Humanization of a Humanist / / Donald M. Frame.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Frame, Donald M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1955]; ©1955
• Year of Publication: 1955
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Young Hedonist, 1533-1563 --; 2. The Apprehensive Humanist. 1563-1573 --; 3. The Skeptical Revolt, 1573-1576 --; 4. Self-Discovery and Liberation, 1577-1578 --; 5. The Free Man, 1578-1580 --; 6. The Discovery of Others, 1580-1586 --; 7. The Whole Man 1586-1592 --; Conclusion --; Notes
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231886741; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/fram92044
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald M. Frame.

Examines the evolution of Montaigne's humanistic views in three stages: beginning with his advocating self-mastery and a firm struggle for consistency against the ills of life to prepare to meet pain and death worthily, then to a period of skeptical crisis in which he critiques human knowledge, and ending with his Epicurean period in which he preached a concentration on simple human goodness rather than on works of stoical supererogation, moderation rather than abstention or excess, and a balance of duties between oneself and others that is neither selfishness nor unselfishness.