Name: Apology for Raymond Sebond
Brand: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)
SKU: 9780872206809
Price: 23.39 GBP
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Apology for Raymond Sebond

By (author): Michel de Montaigne, Translated by: Roger Ariew, Translated by: Marjorie Grene

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)

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Published: 15-Sep-2003
ISBN: 9780872206809

Hardback
176 Pages

Subjects:
Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance
c 500
Philosophy of religion

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Under the pretense of defending an obscure treatise by a Catalan theologian, Sebond, Montaigne attacks the philosophers who attempt rational explanations of the universe and argues for a skeptical Christianity based squarely on faith rather than reason. The result is the Apology for Raymond Sebond , a classic of Counter-Reformation thought and a masterpiece of Renaissance literature. This new translation by Roger Ariew and Marjorie Grene achieves both accuracy and fluency, conveying at once the nuances of Montaigne's arguments and his distinctive literary style.

Roger Ariew is Professor of Philosophy, University of South Florida.

Marjorie Grene is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, and Honorary Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Roger Ariew and Marjorie Grene, with the help of Hackett's modest pricing scheme, have made this challenging, infuriating, ironic and hilarious classic readily available in a faithful and well-presented translation. . . . Scholars will find this volume a fine choice for introducing students to early modern philosophy. . . . This is a welcome publication. --Craig Walton, Philosophy in Review