Celebrated Translations -- The Essays of Montaigne (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: (French) Montaigne, translated by Yang Fan
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Publishing Date: 2006-02-01
Features: He (Montaigne) is erudite and versatile... He proposed unique, sometimes seemingly eccentric insights on many shared human thoughts and emotions. Ji Xianlin: Montaigne is never dull, never hypocritical; no one has ever been so rich in thought, and no book has ever been written so naturally. [American] Emerson This book is one of the colored illustrated editions of "Classics of World Literature" series by renowned translators. The translators are highly acclaimed experts both domestically and internationally, and their translations are of first-class quality, great influence, and widely recognized as outstanding. They represent the translation level of this masterpiece in China and the creative level of the translators. Each masterpiece is accompanied by illustrations, including precious images of the author, the work, and the historical context, as well as illustrations of the plot. Through these illustrations, readers not only create an intimate and relaxed reading atmosphere but also gain a comprehensive and concrete understanding of the rich connotations of world literary masterpieces.
The Essays of Montaigne is a sincere work written for family and personal purposes. The writing is free and unrestrained, with fluent and accessible language, drawing on a wide range of references, connecting the past with the present, and serving as a compendium of knowledge from the 16th century, known as "the philosophy of life." The Essays of Montaigne is the representative work of Montaigne, a famous humanist scholar of the late French Renaissance in the 16th century. The content is all-encompassing, blending book knowledge and life experience, and is considered a compendium of knowledge from the 16th century, known as "the philosophy of life." With the eyes of a sage, Montaigne examines the myriad aspects of the world in his works, reflects on and explores humanity and life, affirms human value and desires, criticizes the church and feudalism, advocates breaking free from classical authority, and is filled with humanistic ideas of freedom, knowledge, and science. The writing is free and unrestrained, with fluent and accessible language, drawing on a wide range of references, connecting the past with the present, pioneering the literary genre of the essay, laying the foundation for French as a literary language, and exerting a profound influence on Western literature in later generations. English thinkers like Bacon, as well as French giants such as Pascal, Rousseau, Proust, and France, all drew inspiration from the style of Montaigne's essays. As a result, Montaigne was revered by later generations as the pioneer of the essay as a literary genre.
Selected by British author Somerset Maugham in his list of "The True Masterpieces of Literature."
Selected by American scholar Mortimer J. Adler in his list of "The 111 Books That Shaped Contemporary Civilization."