Montaigne

Montaigne

Fall (14 hours or more) | This course is completed

10 Hilton Field Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Pond Room

New

9/18/2018-11/6/2018

2:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT on Tue

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$80.00

Que sais-je? “What do I really know?”

The essays of Michel do Montaigne (1533-1592) pose probing questions about human nature that have since influenced many an independent and critical mind.

Montaigne’s skeptical approach is summarized by Descartes’ (1596-1650): Dubito, ergo cogito; cogito, ergo sum.

“I doubt, therefore I think; I think, therefore I am.”

We shall discuss selected essays and related topics, an exchange of opinions and reflections.

  • The Complete Essays of Montaigne (ISBN: 0804704864) translated by Donald Frame
  • OR
  • Montaigne: Oeuvres complètes : Textes établis par Albert Thibaudet et Maurice Rat

Werner is a Professor, Emeritus, of Dartmouth College. He considers himself a skeptical humanist since he survived torture and five years of the Gulag. He graduated from the College Francais in Berlin, studied history, philosophy, political sciences, classics, and European literatures. His PhD came from the University of Hamburg. He taught at the Sorbonne before coming to Dartmouth in 1965. He is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books.