{"product_id":"how-to-read-montaigne-9781862079441","title":"How to Read Montaigne","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Terence Cave\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontaigne (1533-92) is commonly regarded as an early modern sceptic, standing at the threshold of a new secular way of thinking. He is also known for his ground-breaking exploration of the 'subject' or the 'self'. Terence Cave discusses these and other key aspects of the \u003ci\u003eEssais\u003c\/i\u003e (Montaigne's major work) not as philosophical themes but as features in the mapping of a mental landscape: the project of the \u003ci\u003eEssais\u003c\/i\u003e is cognitive rather than philosophical. Similarly, he reads the \u003ci\u003eEssais\u003c\/i\u003e not as 'essays' in the literary sense but as 'trials' or 'soundings' in which the manner of writing - the shape of the sentences, the use of metaphors and other figures - is crucial. Taking passages from many different chapters of the \u003ci\u003eEssais\u003c\/i\u003e, this book guides the reader through Montaigne's investigation of the 'subtle shades and stirrings' of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48232452456599,"sku":"9781862079441","price":1397.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781862079441.webp?v=1788796939","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-read-montaigne-9781862079441","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}