Montaigne and the Origins of Modern Philosophy.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on the Texts -- Part One: The Transformation of Philosophy -- One. Reversing Aristotle -- Two. Sticking to the Old Ways: Montaigne and Sacred Tradition -- Three. The Philosophical Act (I): Judgment -- Four. The Philosophical Act (II): Ending in Experience -- Part Two: The Invention of Society -- Five. Overcoming Natural Mastery -- Six. The Primacy of the Private and the Origins of a Free Society -- Seven. The Character of the Free Individual -- Conclusion: The Invisibility of Philosophy and the Light of the Good -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.