Podcast appearances and mentions of michel de montaigne

Nous sommes le 1er mars 1580. Date des premières impressions, à Bordeaux, des « Essais », œuvre majeure de Michel de Montaigne. Elle traite de sujets divers et variés : médecine, arts, affaires domestiques, histoire ancienne, chevaux, entre autres, auxquels l'auteur mêle des réflexions sur sa propre vie et sur le genre humain. Montaigne s'observe. Ainsi, il écrit : « Moi qui m'épie de plus près, qui ai les yeux incessamment tendus sur moi, comme celui qui n'a pas fort à faire ailleurs, [...] à peine oserai-je dire la vanité et la faiblesse que je trouve chez moi.» Plus loin, il ajoute : « Les auteurs se communiquent au peuple par quelque marque particulière et étrangère ; moi le premier par mon être universel, comme Michel de Montaigne, non comme grammairien ou poète ou jurisconsulte. » Enfin : « Toute gloire que je prétends de ma vie, c'est de l'avoir vécue tranquille : tranquille non selon Métrodore, ou Arcésilas, ou Aristippe, mais selon moi. Puisque la philosophie n'a su trouver aucune voie pour la tranquillité qui fût bonne en commun, que chacun la cherche en son particulier ». Le philosophe humaniste de la Renaissance a-t-il des choses à nous dire, aujourd'hui ? Lui qui s'est attaché à démontrer la faiblesse de la raison humaine et à fonder l'art de vivre sur une sagesse prudente, faite de bon sens et de tolérance. Revenons à Montaigne … Avec les Lumières de : Jean-Michel Delacomptée. « Grandeur de l'esprit français – Dix portraits d'Ambroise Paré à Saint-Simon » ; éd. Le Cherche Midi Sujets traités : Michel de Montaigne, essais, oeuvre, philosophie, renaissance, sagesse Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Three Kinds Of Social Intercourse It focuses upon the three kinds of interactions that Montaigne enjoys the most, which are conversations with good friends, engagements with attractive and intelligent women, and reading the thoughts of authors in books. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Affectionate Relationships It focuses upon his discussion of friendship, in which he distinguishes between the fullest sort of friendship, which involves an interpenetration of wills and which is valued for its own sake, and the more common sorts of friendship which are less lasting, don't involve the whole person, and are for the sake of some other goal To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Affectionate Relationships It focuses upon the range of various relationships in which people exhibit affection towards each other that are discussed in this essay. Montaigne devotes a significant part of the work to discussing friendship, both the rare full type of friendship and the common sorts of friendship. He also discusses erotic or romantic relationships between men and women, marriages, and the male-male sexual relationships of ancient Greece. There are also familial relationships, which would fall under what he calls natural relationships. He also mentions social and hospitable relationships as well To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Affectionate Relationships It focuses upon several different types of relationships that are oriented around sexual desire and enjoyment, including romantic and sexual involvements between men and women, marriages, and male-male relationships in ancient Greece. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Cato The Younger It focuses upon that Stoic statesman and philosopher, Cato, who fought in the Civil War against Julius Caesar and killed himself rather than accept Caesar's offered amnesty. While discussing him, Montaigne makes some important points about not judging the capacities of other people by reference to our own, or thinking that because our times are particularly badly off with respect to virtue, that all times and cultures are. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Liars (Des Menteurs) It focuses upon the distinction between lying and telling falsehoods, why lying is a particularly bad vice, how to catch liars, and why people who want to lie need good memories To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On The Inconstancy Of Our Actions It focuses upon his discussion of whether people really do have the fixed character many like to attribute to them or not, and advocates looking at a person's actions over time to determine what sort of person they are. Montaigne also provides some explanation for why and how we human beings often seem at variance with ourselves. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Anger It focuses upon his views on this emotion, partly drawn from other thinkers like Seneca and Plutarch. First Montaigne discusses children and other vulnerable people who suffer from cruel and violent punishments doled out in anger. He then discusses how anger tends to deform our judgements, leading angry people to dig in and get angry with truth or innocence itself. He also discusses the example Plutarch himself provides of imposing punishment when needed but not doing so out of anger To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Habit It focuses upon the second topic of the essay, and Montaigne provides a number of reasons for being very leery about changing traditional laws and arrangements within society, spurred not least by the civil discord that developed in France during his lifetime. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Habit It focuses upon how habit or custom has much more impact upon our lives than we often give it credit for, supplanting rules of nature, altering our perceptions, giving rise to judgements and opinions, and resisting our reasonings. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Moderation It focuses upon Montaigne's claim that we human beings can treat even virtue and justice immoderately, when we go too far with it and lose a sense of proportion. He also advocates that we ought to be moderate in our indulgence in sexual pleasure in marriage, and notes that people use all sorts of painful remedies to keep pleasure in check, when we would be better off just behaving in a moderate and temperate manner To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die It focuses upon his examination of pleasure as a motivation for human choices, commitments, and actions. Montaigne argues that rightly understood, there is a better and higher form of pleasure than simple base pleasure, and that this is something that we ought to feel when we develop and practice the virtues To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay How We Weep And Laugh At The Same Thing It focuses upon the inconsistency of emotions we witness in a number of different people (including Montaigne himself), which should keep us from ascribing a fixed an immutable character to them. Montaigne explains that this has two sources, one within us, as we have a number of different emotions at any given time, though one dominates. The other source is that reality is complex and as we change our perspective, changes in emotional response can also take place To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die It focuses upon his analysis of why people unnecessarily fear death, and how we can make death something familiar and thereby less scary to ourselves. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die It focuses upon the ways in which Montaigne understands life and death as being related to each other, as not merely opposites To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay Same Design, Different Outcomes It focuses upon his views that much of our lives are subject to fortune, so that events or consequences can go differently than our intentions or plans. This does not mean that we shouldn't do what seems most just, virtuous, and reasonable to ourselves, since we do have control over that. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler You can find Montaigne's Essays here - https://amzn.to/4l3iKfH

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"Le dernier voyage de Michel de Montaigne ? : enquête interdisciplinaire autour de son tombeau présumé au Musée d'Aquitaine (Bordeaux)" aux éditions Ausonius. Entretien avec Violaine Giacomotto-Charra. Rattachement Bordeaux métropole et UMR 5199 Pacea Université de Bordeaux.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Nous sommes dans les années 1570/1580 , celles durant lesquelles Michel de Montaigne s'affaire à la rédaction de ses Essais. Cet ouvrage dans lequel le philiosophe traite d'un nombre considérable de sujets allant de la médecine aux affaires domestiques en passant par les arts et l'histoire des chevaux. Il y mêle des réflexions sur sa propre vie et sur celle de l'Humain, en général. Les Essais nous montrent aussi, et peut-être surtout, comment vivre ou survivre en temps de guerre civile, de guerre de religion. Dans le Livre IIl, Montaigne écrit : « Je me suis couché mille fois chez moi, imaginant qu'on me trahirait et assommerait cette nuit-là : composant avec la fortune que ce fut sans effroi et sans langueur. Et me suis écrié après mon patenôtre : « Ces terres que j'ai tant cultivées, c'est donc un soldat impie qui les aura ? » (Montaigne écrit ces derniers mots en latin.) Il notera aussi : « Je passais un jour de paix, pendant nos guerres civiles, avec un honnête gentilhomme et de bonne façon. Il était du parti contraire au mien mais je n'en savais rien : car il se contrefaisait tout autre ; et le pis de ces guerres, c'est que les cartes sont si mêlées, votre ennemi n'étant distingué d'avec vous de nulle marque apparente, ni de langage, ni de port, ni de façon, nourri en mêmes lois, mêmes mœurs et même foyer, qu'il est malaisé d'y éviter confusion et désordre. » Comment survivre dans le monde incertain des guerres de Religion ? Comment mentir, se déguiser, simuler ou dissimuler sa confession religieuse ? Comment échapper à la dénonciation d'un proche ou d'un voisin ? Quels mots faut-il employer ? Comment les prononcer avec justesse ? Comment identifier les objets qui trahissent ? Comment être prudent ? Faut-il être sincère ? Partons en des temps où l'art de la maîtrise du secret est une question de vie ou de mort… Avec nous : Jérémie Foa, maître de conférence à Aix-Marseille Université. « Survivre – Une histoire des guerres de Religion » aux; éd. Seuil. Sujets traités : Michel de Montaigne, guerre, religion, vie, mort, humain Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Send us a textEnglish Description (German below)Guest: Willi GoetschelMichel de Montaigne war nicht nur Philosoph, sondern parlamentarischer Berater, Diplomat und Bürgermeister. In seinen Essays machte er sich selbst zum Thema, ohne dabei eine Autobiographie zu schreiben. Es ist ein multiperspektivisches Werk mit literarischem Charakter, in dem sich fast alle Themen der Weisheitsliteratur finden lassen. Es kommen die europäischen Granden der Philosophie zu Wort, als auch unüberhörbar die menschliche Stimme Montaignes selbst. Im Podcast sprechen wir mit Willi Goetschel über die Lebensweisheit Montaignes, die sich in seinen Essays niederschlug. You can find the German and the English transcript on our homepage: www.metis.ethz.ch. There we also provide further material on the topic. Follow the philosophical diary of our Metis on Instagram!Send us an email with questions and comments to: metis@phil.gess.ethz.ch. This podcast was produced by Martin Münnich with the support of ETH Zurich and the Udo Keller Foundation, Forum Humanum in Hamburg.German DescriptionGast: Willi GoetschelMichel de Montaigne was not only a philosopher, but also a parliamentary advisor, diplomat and mayor. In his essays, he made himself the subject without writing an autobiography. It is a multi-perspective work with a literary character, in which almost all the themes of wisdom literature can be found. The European grandees of philosophy have their say, as well as the unmistakable human voice of Montaigne himself. In the podcast, we talk to Willi Goetschel about Montaigne's wisdom, which is reflected in his essays. Das deutsche und das englische Transkript finden Sie auf unserer Homepage: www.metis.ethz.ch. Dort stellen wir auch weiteres Material zum Thema zur Verfügung. Folgt dem philosophischen Tagebuch unserer Metis auf Instagram!Schreiben Sie uns eine Mail mit Fragen und Kommentaren an: metis@phil.gess.ethz.ch Dieser Podcast wurde produziert von Martin Münnich mit Unterstützung der ETH Zürich und der Udo-Keller-Stiftung, Forum Humanum in Hamburg.

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Nietzsche listed Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) among the best French writers of the Renaissance, and called him a link to classical antiquity. The personal seal of Montaigne read, “What do I know?” For Montaigne, doubting was no less pleasing than knowing, and he exemplified the philosopher's proclivity to inquire about every proposition. In his work we find the forerunner of not only skepticism, but Descartes' methodology of doubt and empiricist bent of Bacon. He is the inventor of the essay, a man who called his own mind “wandering and diverse”, and who wrote candidly about life, ethics, and the classics. He is a man of contradictions, who disparaged book-learning but whose works are abundant with quotations. In this episode, we'll consider his essays, Of the Education of Children, Defense of Raymond Sebond, Of Friendship, and That Philosophy is to Learn to Die, as well as take a brief peek into a handful of others. Join me in exploring the man Saint-Beauve called, “the wisest Frenchman who ever lived.”

In this episode, we examine the life, context, and philosophy of Montaigne.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne est un des symboles de l'humanisme du XVIe siècle. Par son éducation, sa vertu et la rédaction de son unique ouvrage, les Essais, le philosophe a montré sa tolérance et son goût pour la liberté en des temps particulièrement troublés. Montaigne et tous les grands auteurs sont sur lire.fr !

(NOTAS Y ENLACES COMPLETOS DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/169-el-arte-de-vivir-montaigne-iii-viajes-autenticidad-y-ataraxia/) Hoy volvemos una vez más a Montaigne, para rematar esta trilogía que le hemos dedicado en nuestra búsqueda de ideas sobre cómo vivir, a partir del estupendo libro de Sarah Bakewell, cuyo título encaja bastante bien porque se llama «Cómo vivir. O una vida con Montaigne en una pregunta y veinte intentos de respuesta».Que terminemos esta trilogía no quiere decir en absoluto que nos terminemos a Montaigne porque es casi infinito ya que, como veremos hoy, todos le seguimos añadiendo de todo. Y es que, como te decía en los capítulos anteriores, Montaigne nació hace casi cinco siglos, pero ha sido reinterpretado una y otra vez por todas las generaciones que lo han leído desde entonces y todas han sentido que de alguna forma les hablaba a ellas. El suyo es un caso extraño, el de alguien que escribía cuanto se le venía a la cabeza sobre su vida, sin aparentemente adornarla demasiado ni preocuparse por lo que otros podrían pensar. Eso, en su época era casi único: si alguien escribía unas memorias lo hacía para ensalzar su propia figura y para destacar los eventos más importantes de su vida, lo que no dejaba casi espacio para reflexiones sobre los aspectos más mundanos y sencillos de la vida. Hoy sin embargo podríamos decir que es casi al revés: de una forma u otra, nos exhibimos casi todos de forma constante en todo tipo de medios y redes, mostramos dónde comemos y con quien o les contamos nuestras penas a quienes se cruzan con nuestros mensajes, nos conozcan o no. Algunos hasta hacemos podcasts. Pero esas también son realidades embellecidas, filtradas y seleccionadas. Montaigne no parecía hacer ni una cosa ni la otra. Seguro que omitió unas cosas y adornó otras, pero la sensación que deja es la de alguien poco preocupado por eso, simplemente entretenido con sus propios pensamientos, que decide dejarlos por escrito, independientemente de si son profundos o superficiales. En los dos capítulos anteriores, repasamos buena parte de esas respuestas a esa pregunta sobre cómo vivir que Bakewell encuentra en la vida y en los Ensayos de Montaigne. Cubrimos más o menos los dos primeros tercios. En el primero, hablamos de cómo vivir sin preocuparse de la muerte, de cómo nuestra perspectiva del mundo está sesgada y limitada, de los efectos de vivir habiendo sido criado de una forma diferente. También hablamos de la importancia de leer mucho, pero sin poner a los autores en pedestales; de la curiosidad como motor de la vida, de cómo vivir con atención. Y de cómo lidiar con los vaivenes que nos encontramos en nuestro camino, apoyándonos en las enseñanzas milenarias del estoicismo, el epicureismo y el escepticismo.  En el segundo capítulo nos adentramos en otras partes de la vida de Montaigne, algunas más criticables que otras. Hablamos sobre la importancia de preservar un espacio físico y mental propio, para nosotros mismos, aunque en el caso de Montaigne fuera también una forma de escaquearse de sus responsabilidades domésticas. Tratamos también la importancia de ser sociables, de ser capaces de conversar sobre cualquier tema, como una vía de aprendizaje, pero también como una vía para conectar con los demás. En eso de conectar con los demás, vimos también cómo Montaigne se empeñaba en apostar por la confianza. Lo hacía físicamente, manteniendo abiertas las puertas de su castillo incluso en los momentos álgidos de las guerras religiosas en Francia; pero también filosóficamente porque vivía convencido de que todos pertenecemos a algo mayor y compartido, no sólo entre los seres humanos, sino con todos los demás seres vivos. Aunque aquello no era únicamente una forma de conectar con otros, sino también una manera de exponerse él mismo a otras ideas y perspectivas. Mucho de lo que vimos en esos dos capítulos era extraño en tiempos de Montaigne. Pero es que, precisamente, esa va a ser la primera de las respuestas a cómo vivir de la que vamos a hablar hoy: «haz algo que nadie haya hecho antes»

Montaigne was a 16th century French philosopher and essayist who wrote short, single-page essay and far longer ones.  Today's quote comes from one such essay and sets the tone, right from the start, that WE control how we respond to the inevitable hardships and torments of life.  We can, with effort, choose not to be victims of circumstance and allow them to perpetually harm us, but instead repurpose them for good, both for ourselves and for others.  

(NOTAS COMPLETAS Y ENLACES DEL PODCAST AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/161-el-arte-de-vivir-i-montaigne-ramon-el-vanidoso-y-un-monton-de-griegos/)Si llevas tiempo escuchándome, sabes que siempre he tenido cierto síndrome de Peter Pan. O más bien algo de vértigo ante la velocidad a la que pasa mi vida. No debo ser el único, ni debe ser algo moderno, ni únicamente occidental, porque pocos temas se han repetido tanto en la historia de la humanidad como las reflexiones sobre el arte de vivir. Haz la prueba, busca en Google o en Amazon simplemente eso, “el arte de vivir” y de pronto te encontrarás casi infinitas obras clásicas y modernas de muy distinto pelaje. Desde Séneca al Dalai Lama, de Krishnamurti a Schopenhauer, de El arte de vivir en soledad a El arte de vivir en pareja, de hacerlo con sencillez o de hacerlo sin miedo. Por salirme, me ha salido hasta una biografía ilustrada de Lola Flores. Esa no la vi venir.Pero, ¿por qué vivir es un arte? El arte es un concepto que tiene infinitas definiciones. Las más habituales tienen que ver con usar la creatividad y la imaginación para crear obras bellas o que expresen sentimientos. Pero, otra forma de verlo, es a través de su naturaleza. La naturaleza del arte es una en la que no hay reglas definidas. No hay una única forma de hacer buen arte, ni la misma manera gusta a todo el mundo. Es más, siempre se pueden encontrar nuevas formas de hacer arte. Decía Susan Sontag que el arte es una forma de consciencia, una manera dinámica de contemplar. Por eso, vivir es también un arte. Porque no hay reglas definidas, ni realmente universales, y porque las decisiones que tomamos en nuestra vida son la forma en la que expresamos nuestras conclusiones de contemplar lo que nos pasa. Que sea un arte, no significa no significa que no podamos aprender de todos aquellos que se obsesionaron sobre el tema antes; igual que un artista puede aprender e inspirarse con otros artistas tan diferentes como Velázquez, El Bosco, Warhol o Kandinsky. O Lola Flores, por supuesto.  Hoy retomamos la serie de diseño vital —esa que en temporadas anteriores usamos para buscar ideas que aplicar en nuestra vida— y lo hacemos para sumergirnos en algunas reflexiones, actuales y clásicas, sobre cómo vivir. Seguramente nos lleve algunos capítulos, no sé cuántos. Aunque, bien pensado, puede llevar toda una vida.

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 15

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 09

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 04

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 07

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 18

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 13

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 12

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 11

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 16

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 02

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 17

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 10

In his “Essays” Montaigne uses his wit, insight, and humanist training to tackle his favorite subject: Montaigne.

In part one of our Halloween Special on Cats, Kim talks with John Guilliory about Montaigne's essay “An Apology for Raymond Sebond.” Montaigne asks us: “When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?” John Guillory is a professor of English at New York University. He is a scholar of Renaissance literature, who is known for his work on why we read what we read, in Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation (University of Chicago Press: 1993). Image: “Lyra is half-seductress, half-glutton, all puss.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network