PREMIUM-Episode 33: Montaigne: What Is the Purpose of Philosophy?

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Recorded18 Feb 2011

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Discussing Michel de Montaigne's Essays: "That to Philosophize is to Learn to Die," "Of Experience," "Of Cannibals," "Of the Education of Children," and "Of Solitude" (all from around 1580) with some discussion of "Apology for Raymond Sebond."

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