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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne
by Sarah Bakewell
Montaigne's life told as twenty answers to one question: pay attention, read a lot, forget most, be ordinary. Biography as philosophy.
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you want a way into Montaigne.
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Skip it if…
you want the Essays directly.
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Three things you will actually use
- Don't worry about death.
- Pay attention.
- Question everything.
Do this first
Read the chapter on paying attention.
Our verdict
Bakewell's Montaigne.
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