num_pages: 312
description: Michel de Montaigne has always been acknowledged as a great literary figure but never thought of as a philosophical original. This book is the first to treat him as a serious thinker in his own right, taking as its point of departure Montaigne's description of himself as "an unpremeditated and accidental philosopher". This major reassessment of a much admired but also greatly underestimated thinker is for historians of philosophy and scholars in comparative literature, French studies and the history of ideas.
language: English
title: Michel de Montaigne: Accidental Philosopher
titlecomplete: Michel de Montaigne: Accidental Philosopher
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Cambridge University Press