Apology for Raymond Sebond

by Montaigne, Michel De; Ariew, Roger; Grene, Marjorie Glicksman; Grene, Marjorie Glicksman

• ISBN13: 9780872206793
• ISBN10: 0872206793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

Under the pretence of defending an obscure treatise by a Catalan theologian, Montaigne attacks the philosophers who attempt rational explanations of the universe and argues for a sceptical 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 achieves both accuracy and fluency, conveying at once the nuances of Montaigne's arguments and his distinctive literary style.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Montaigne: Life and Times
The Apology
Notes on the Text
Selected Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources
Apology for Raymond Sebond	p. 1
Sebond and His Treatise	p. 1
First Objection against Sebond, and Montaigne's Reply	p. 3
Second Objection against Sebond, and Montaigne's Reply	p. 10
The Vanity of Man's Knowledge without God	p. 12
Man Is No Better than the Beasts	p. 15
Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Happy	p. 48
Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Good	p. 58
Man Has No Knowledge	p. 62
Man's Claims to Knowledge Are Defective	p. 121
The Senses Are Inadequate	p. 148
Changing Man Cannot Know Changing or Unchanging Things	p. 161
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