How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career Nick Lovegrove PublicAffairs (November 2016) “Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman Note: The insights in some (not…
Read MoreThe Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career Nick Lovegrove PublicAffairs (November 2016) “Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman I was reminded of Whitman’s…
Read MoreHere is one of my favorite Andrew Sullivan blog posts in which he discusses Sarah Bakewell’s brilliant book, How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, about Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, author…
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The Wit and Wisdom of Michel de Montaigne
I think it was during my first year in high school that I began to read Montaigne’s essays and eventually I read all 137 of them…and continue to re-read several dozen personal favorites. In How to Live: Or A Life of…
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