《蒙田隨筆》是法國人文主義作家米歇爾·蒙田創(chuàng)作的隨筆集,于1580-1587年分三卷在法國先后出版。
該作內容包羅萬象,融書本知識和生活經驗于一體,是16世紀各種知識的總匯,有生活的哲學之稱。蒙田以智者的眼光,在作品中考察大千世界的眾生相,反思探索人與人生,肯定人的價值和欲望,批判教會和封建制度,主張打破古典權威,充滿了人性自由、科學知識的人文思想。該作與《培根人生論》《帕斯卡爾思想錄》一起,被譽為歐洲近代哲理散文三大經典。
米歇爾·蒙田(Michel?de?Montaigne,15331592),文藝復興時期法國思想家、作家、懷疑論者。閱歷廣博,思路開闊,行文無拘無束,其散文對弗蘭西斯·培根、莎士比亞等影響頗大。
Introduction to Michel de Montaigne ........................ 001
I. OF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT
EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED ..........................018
II. OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ...................... 041
III. THAT FORTUNE IS OFTENTIMES OBSERVED
TO ACT BY THE RULES OF REASON ..........................090
IV. OF CANNIBALS ...............................................................094
V. OF WAR-HORSES, OR DESTRIERS ...............................112
VI. OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS ......................123
VII. OF AGE .............................................................................. 128
VIII. OF DRUNKENNESS ......................................................132
IX. OF GLORY..........................................................................144
X. OF PRESUMPTION............................................................ 162
XI. THAT WE TASTE NOTHING PURE ..........................203
XII. OF THUMBS .....................................................................207
XIII. OF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO
THEIR FATHERS................................................................ 209
XIV. OF REPENTANCE.........................................................247
XV. UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL.............................. 265