The Resource How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer, Sarah Bakewell
How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer, Sarah Bakewell
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Other Press ed.
- Extent
- xi, 399 p.
- Note
- Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2010
- Contents
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- Q. How to live? Michel de Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer
- 1. Q. How to live? A. Don't worry about death ; Hanging by the tip of his lips
- 2. Q. How to live? A. Pay attention ; Starting to write ; Stream of consciousness
- 3. Q. How to live? A. Be born ; Micheau ; The experiment
- 4. Q. How to live? A. Read a lot, forget most of what you read, and be slow-witted ; Reading ; Montaigne the slow and forgetful ; The young Montaigne in troubled times
- 5. Q. How to live? A. Survive love and loss ; La Boétie : love and tyranny ; La Boétie : death and mourning
- 6. Q. How to live? A. Use little tricks ; Little tricks and the art of living ; Montaigne in slavery
- 7. Q. How to live? A. Question everything ; All I know is that I know nothing, and I'm not even sure about that ; Animals and demons ; A prodigious seduction machine
- 8. Q. How to live? A. Keep a private room behind the shop ; Going to it with only one buttock ; Practical responsibilities
- 9. Q. How to live? A. Be convivial, live with others ; A gay and sociable wisdom ; Openness, mercy and cruelty
- 10. Q. How to live? A. Wake from the sleep of habit ; It all depends on your point of view ; Noble savages
- 11. Q. How to live? A. Live temperately ; Raising and lowering the temperature
- 12. Q. How to live? A. Guard your humanity ; Terror ; Hero
- 13. Q. How to live? A. Do something no one has done before ; Baroque best seller
- 14. Q. How to live? A. See the world ; Travels
- 15. Q. How to live? A. Do a good job, but not too good a job ; Mayor ; Moral objections ; Missions and assassinations
- 16. Q. How to live? A. Philosophize only by accident ; Fifteen Englishmen and an Irishman
- 17. Q. How to live? A. Reflect on everything; regret nothing ; Je ne regrette rien
- 18. Q. How to live? A. Give up control ; Daughter and disciple ; The editing wars ; Montaigne remixed and embabooned
- 19. Q. How to live? A. Be ordinary and imperfect ; Be ordinary ; Be imperfect
- 20. Q. How to live? A. Let life be its own answer ; Not the end
- Isbn
- 9781590514832
- Label
- How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer
- Title
- How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Bakewell
- Title variation
-
- How to live
- Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer
- Language
- eng
- Awards note
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, 2010.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bakewell, Sarah
- Dewey number
-
- 848.3
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PQ1643
- LC item number
- .B34 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Montaigne, Michel de
- Montaigne, Michel de
- Authors, French
- Label
- How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer, Sarah Bakewell
- Note
- Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-374) and index
- Contents
- Q. How to live? Michel de Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer -- 1. Q. How to live? A. Don't worry about death ; Hanging by the tip of his lips -- 2. Q. How to live? A. Pay attention ; Starting to write ; Stream of consciousness -- 3. Q. How to live? A. Be born ; Micheau ; The experiment -- 4. Q. How to live? A. Read a lot, forget most of what you read, and be slow-witted ; Reading ; Montaigne the slow and forgetful ; The young Montaigne in troubled times -- 5. Q. How to live? A. Survive love and loss ; La Boétie : love and tyranny ; La Boétie : death and mourning -- 6. Q. How to live? A. Use little tricks ; Little tricks and the art of living ; Montaigne in slavery -- 7. Q. How to live? A. Question everything ; All I know is that I know nothing, and I'm not even sure about that ; Animals and demons ; A prodigious seduction machine -- 8. Q. How to live? A. Keep a private room behind the shop ; Going to it with only one buttock ; Practical responsibilities -- 9. Q. How to live? A. Be convivial, live with others ; A gay and sociable wisdom ; Openness, mercy and cruelty -- 10. Q. How to live? A. Wake from the sleep of habit ; It all depends on your point of view ; Noble savages -- 11. Q. How to live? A. Live temperately ; Raising and lowering the temperature -- 12. Q. How to live? A. Guard your humanity ; Terror ; Hero -- 13. Q. How to live? A. Do something no one has done before ; Baroque best seller -- 14. Q. How to live? A. See the world ; Travels -- 15. Q. How to live? A. Do a good job, but not too good a job ; Mayor ; Moral objections ; Missions and assassinations -- 16. Q. How to live? A. Philosophize only by accident ; Fifteen Englishmen and an Irishman -- 17. Q. How to live? A. Reflect on everything; regret nothing ; Je ne regrette rien -- 18. Q. How to live? A. Give up control ; Daughter and disciple ; The editing wars ; Montaigne remixed and embabooned -- 19. Q. How to live? A. Be ordinary and imperfect ; Be ordinary ; Be imperfect -- 20. Q. How to live? A. Let life be its own answer ; Not the end
- Control code
- ocn701017718
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Other Press ed.
- Extent
- xi, 399 p.
- Isbn
- 9781590514832
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781590514832
- (OCoLC)701017718
- Label
- How to live, or, A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer, Sarah Bakewell
- Note
- Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-374) and index
- Contents
- Q. How to live? Michel de Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer -- 1. Q. How to live? A. Don't worry about death ; Hanging by the tip of his lips -- 2. Q. How to live? A. Pay attention ; Starting to write ; Stream of consciousness -- 3. Q. How to live? A. Be born ; Micheau ; The experiment -- 4. Q. How to live? A. Read a lot, forget most of what you read, and be slow-witted ; Reading ; Montaigne the slow and forgetful ; The young Montaigne in troubled times -- 5. Q. How to live? A. Survive love and loss ; La Boétie : love and tyranny ; La Boétie : death and mourning -- 6. Q. How to live? A. Use little tricks ; Little tricks and the art of living ; Montaigne in slavery -- 7. Q. How to live? A. Question everything ; All I know is that I know nothing, and I'm not even sure about that ; Animals and demons ; A prodigious seduction machine -- 8. Q. How to live? A. Keep a private room behind the shop ; Going to it with only one buttock ; Practical responsibilities -- 9. Q. How to live? A. Be convivial, live with others ; A gay and sociable wisdom ; Openness, mercy and cruelty -- 10. Q. How to live? A. Wake from the sleep of habit ; It all depends on your point of view ; Noble savages -- 11. Q. How to live? A. Live temperately ; Raising and lowering the temperature -- 12. Q. How to live? A. Guard your humanity ; Terror ; Hero -- 13. Q. How to live? A. Do something no one has done before ; Baroque best seller -- 14. Q. How to live? A. See the world ; Travels -- 15. Q. How to live? A. Do a good job, but not too good a job ; Mayor ; Moral objections ; Missions and assassinations -- 16. Q. How to live? A. Philosophize only by accident ; Fifteen Englishmen and an Irishman -- 17. Q. How to live? A. Reflect on everything; regret nothing ; Je ne regrette rien -- 18. Q. How to live? A. Give up control ; Daughter and disciple ; The editing wars ; Montaigne remixed and embabooned -- 19. Q. How to live? A. Be ordinary and imperfect ; Be ordinary ; Be imperfect -- 20. Q. How to live? A. Let life be its own answer ; Not the end
- Control code
- ocn701017718
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Other Press ed.
- Extent
- xi, 399 p.
- Isbn
- 9781590514832
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781590514832
- (OCoLC)701017718
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