RT Article
T1 L'animal chez Michel de Montaigne ou pour une politique de l'appréciation de la bête
JF Renaissance and reformation
VO 47
IS 4
SP 99
OP 120
A1 Badescu, Sanda
LA French
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1925145166
AB Although Renaissance thought did not explore the question of animal intelligence either thoroughly or often, Michel de Montaigne's essay, The Apology of Raymond Sebond, with its original analysis of this topic, represents an exception as surprising today as it was for readers of the time. In dismantling the belief - already well established in the sixteenth century - that human beings possess reason and absolute truth, Montaigne demonstrates that they are not as wise as they presume to be and that animals are not as dumb and senseless as we like to think. He thus succeeds in relativizing the established hierarchy between the two categories of creatures, which appear situated on a continuum rather than divided by a strict separation.
K1 Animal/Humain
K1 Montaigne
K1 Raison
DO 10.33137/rr.v47i4.45373