How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer

Sarah Bakewell

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

387 pages | first published 2010

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Brilliant, original, funny and moving — a vivid portrait of Montaigne, showing how his ideas gave birth to our modern sense of our inner selves, from Shakespeare's plays to the dilemmas we face today.How to get on well with people, how to deal wit...
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Moods

informative 92%
reflective 71%
inspiring 42%
hopeful 35%
lighthearted 35%
funny 21%
adventurous 7%
challenging 7%
emotional 7%
relaxing 7%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 40%

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