Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy : : Ethical and Political Themes in the Essais / / David Quint.
In a fresh reading of Montaigne's Essais, David Quint portrays the great Renaissance writer as both a literary man and a deeply engaged political thinker concerned with the ethical basis of society and civil discourse. From the first essay, Montaigne places the reader in a world of violent poli...
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