An Apology for Raymond Sebond
by Montaigne, Michel de; Screech, M. A.; Screech, M. A.; Screech, M. A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1988-01-05
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supremely eloquent expression of Christian scepticism. An empassioned defence of Sebond's fifteenth-century treatise on natural theology, it was inspired by the deep crisis of personal melancholy that followed the death of Montaigne's own father in 1568, and explores contemporary Christianity in prose that is witty and frequently damning. As he searches for the true meaning of faith, Montaigne is heavily critical of the arrogant tendency of mankind to create God in its own image, and offers his personal reflections on the true role of man, the need to eschew personal arrogance, and the vital importance of faith if we are to understand our place in the universe. Wise, perceptive and remarkably informed, this is one of the true masterpieces of the essay form.
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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