Apology for Raymond Sebond,9780872206809

Apology for Raymond Sebond

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ISBN13: 9780872206809
ISBN10: 0872206807
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-09-01
Publisher(s): Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Summary

Under the pretence of defending an obscure treatise by a Catalan theologian, Montaigne attacks the philosophers who attempt rational explanations of the universe and argues for a sceptical Christianity based squarely on faith rather than reason. The result is the Apology for Raymond Sebond, a classic of Counter-Reformation thought and a masterpiece of Renaissance literature. This new translation achieves both accuracy and fluency, conveying at once the nuances of Montaigne's arguments and his distinctive literary style.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi
1. Montaigne: Life and Times vi
2. The Apology viii
3. Notes on the Text ix
4. Selected Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources ix
Apology for Raymond Sebond 1
1. Sebond and His Treatise
1(2)
2. First Objection against Sebond, and Montaigne's Reply
3(7)
3. Second Objection against Sebond, and Montaigne's Reply
10
1. The Vanity of Man's Knowledge without God
12(3)
2. Man Is No Better than the Beasts
15(33)
3. Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Happy
48(10)
4. Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Good
58(4)
5. Man Has No Knowledge
62(59)
6. Man's Claims to Knowledge Are Defective
121(27)
7. The Senses Are Inadequate
148(13)
8. Changing Man Cannot Know Changing or Unchanging Things
161

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