An Apology for Raymond Sebond

An Apology for Raymond Sebond
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780141959405
ISBN-13 : 0141959401
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Download or read book An Apology for Raymond Sebond written by Michel Montaigne and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supremely eloquent expression of Christian scepticism. An empassioned defence of Sebond's fifteenth-century treatise on natural theology, it was inspired by the deep crisis of personal melancholy that followed the death of Montaigne's own father in 1568, and explores contemporary Christianity in prose that is witty and frequently damning. As he searches for the true meaning of faith, Montaigne is heavily critical of the arrogant tendency of mankind to create God in its own image, and offers his personal reflections on the true role of man, the need to eschew personal arrogance, and the vital importance of faith if we are to understand our place in the universe. Wise, perceptive and remarkably informed, this is one of the true masterpieces of the essay form.


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