Michel de Montaigne: Accidental Philosopher Book

Acknowledgements; Note on the texts; Introduction;

Part I. A New Figure:

1. 'That is where he got it!': Montaigne's caprices and the humours of ancient philosophy;
2. Bending and stretching the categories of traditional metaphysics;
3. The essay as philosophical form;

Part II. Accidental Philosophy:
4. The circular dialectic of self-knowledge;
5. 'What it means to believe';
6. The latent metaphysics of accidental philosophy;

Part III. The Character of the Accidental Philosopher:
7. Montaigne's character: the great-souled man without pride;
8. What he learned in the nursery: accidental moral philosophy and Montaigne's reformation;
9. Christianity and the limits of politics; Notes; Works cited; Index.