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Viresque acquirit eundo La devise des Essais et ses antécédents

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal:
    Bulletin de la Société internationale des amis de Montaigne
    2014 – 2 et 2015 – 1, n° 60-61
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  • Author: Legros (Alain)
  • Abstract: The epigraph finally chosen by Montaigne as a motto for his Essais refers to a formula by Virgil: viresque acquirit eundo, which can be translated literally as “and she gains strength in going on”. Like a human being changing every seven years, if not from minute to minute, the book-child, under the tender yet critical eyes of the author, appears neither exactly the same, nor entirely different.
  • Pages: 33 to 40
  • Journal: Bulletin for the International Society of Friends of Montaigne
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782812448461
  • ISBN: 978-2-8124-4846-1
  • ISSN: 2261-897X
  • DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4846-1.p.0033
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 10-23-2015
  • Periodicity: Biannual
  • Language: French