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Montaigne’s Treatment Of Julian The Apostate Influenced By The Judgment Of Prudentius, Which Upset Gibbon

September 28, 2010 David Hurley 0

I finished reading M. A. Screech‘s Montaigne And Melancholy a couple of weeks ago now. Among the many interesting passages there is one in which Screech discusses s treatment of Julian the Apostate. Montaigne, the orthodox Catholic, “never blackened a man he did not agree with.” In the case of [Read more…]

…So Was Montaigne an Atheist or a Christian Sceptic?

September 13, 2010 David Hurley 0

In a previous post I mentioned how Montaigne Used Pyrrhonian Scepticism To Undermine Ficino’s Doctrine Of Melancholic Inspiration – I should also have mentioned that he found scepticism a useful weapon to turn against the Protestants. This had nothing to do with his being an “atheist” but, as M. A. [Read more…]