Michel Montaigne has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators. The most-rated is The Essays.
Des cannibales
Summary
Montaigne mène une réflexion sur la découverte du Nouveau Monde, le colonialisme et la relativité des valeurs et des mœurs. Il montre que l'on appelle "barbare" ce qui ne correspond pas à nos propres mœurs et pire encore, ce qui est proche de la nature. Or, pour lui, les civilisations dont on découvre l'existence, proches de la nature, sont des sociétés vertueuses qui connaissent le respect des anciens, de l'honneur et de la fidélité. Leurs coutumes anthropophages pour se venger de leurs ennemis peuvent sembler barbares, mais les Européens pratiquent la torture, autrement plus barbare. A la fin du chapitre, Montaigne raconte sa rencontre avec trois brésiliens venus à Paris. Ces derniers s'étonnent du système politique français fondé sur la monarchie héréditaire et sur l'acceptation par le peuple des inégalités.
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The Essays
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin. A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M. A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. 'On Some Lines of Virgil' opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In 'On Experience' he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth. M. A. Screech's distinguished translation fully retains the lighthearted and inquiring nature of the essays. In his introduction, he examines Montaigne's life and times and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his works.
©2004 M. A. Screech (P)2021 Penguin Audio