Who is Michel de Montaige?
a French writer who was born in 1533, An avantgarde in Renaissance in the field of education. Regonitzed by many great thinkers as the pioneer who first, in modern language, philosophized on the most common concerns of men and the ordinary subjects of private relection and converstaion. His point of view of education is of important value even in today. His writings contains various subjects, the complete collection of his essays include in total 107 chapters.
What else about him?
he was saying.....
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. "
“Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.”
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
and he also said that....
"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."
Some nice websites to check out here
Collection of his essay (In french) , here
Website of tour of his castle, here
YES!!!! I need a blind wife!!!
ReplyDeleteI am interested to hear more about how he connects to McLuhan's work. What do you think about Montaigne's work in the 20th century? How has he influenced art?