Les essais

An edition presented and commented on by Marie-Madeleine Fragonard, professor of French literature at the University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) No one, before him, had thought about it. To seek, visit, explore the country closest and most mysterious: self. By "trying" so, Montaigne discovers a nonchalant and dreamer who doubts, acts, dreams and has fun. This traveller, this diplomat, this soldier, in the intimacy of his "library" perigordine, finds the secret of "the human condition". He creates us, reveals our intelligence, our destiny, our soul. He invents the taste of pleasure, freedom and wisdom. Thanks to him – undoubtedly the first free man who appeared in the West – we can live, love, know us a little better. Read with the selected texts and the preface Understanding with Les clés de l'oeuvre 42 pages pour go to l'essentiel 88 pages pour deepen