Montaigne
By: Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Will Stone
Contributors: Stone, William, 1966-
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781782271031
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Work titles: Europäisches Erbe
Description: "Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is also a heartfelt argument for the importance of intellectual freedom, tolerance and humanism. Zweig draws strong parallels between Montaigne's age, when Europe was torn in two by conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, and his own, in which the twin fanaticisms of Fascism and Communism were on the verge of destroying the pan-continental liberal culture he was born into, and loved dearly. Just as Montaigne sought to remain aloof from the factionalism of his day, so Zweig tried to the last to defend his freedom of thought, and argue for peace and compromise" --
Notes: "First published in German in Europäisches Erbe, S. Fischer Verlag, 1960"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.