Self-revelation And Self-satisfaction In Montaigne And Descartes

Abstract

Both Montaigne and Descartes produced works in which an individualized and historical first person is the focus, and both of them have vexed relations to the self-abnegation that their religious tradition demanded. They are both self-revealing and self-satisfied writers. This essay will explore the rationales that each of these writers developed for defending both self-revelation and self-satisfaction. The textual foci are Montaigne's essay on repentance, and Descartes's Discourse on the Method.

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