TY - ECHAP A1 - Habib, Claude TI - Renaissance surprise T3 - The eighteenth century, n° 12 in Rencontres M1 - 105 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-3076-3.p.0117 SN - 978-2-8124-3076-3 SP - 117 EP - 125 AB - The accident of Ménilmontant has been often been compared with a passage of The Essays in which Montaigne recounts how he fell from his horse. This article reopens the chapter of that classical comparison. While Montaigne discovers in his unconscious state a lesson on death, Rousseau experiences a most pleasurable reawakening that both confirms his philosophy and erases the limits of the Self. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/05/13 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/l-accident-de-menilmontant-renaissance-surprise-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/07 ER -