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Sarah Bakewell est une romancière et essayiste anglaise née à Bournemouth.

✵ 1963
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Sarah Bakewell: Citations en anglais

“The philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty called Montaigne a writer who put “a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.””

Sarah Bakewell livre How to Live

Source: How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne in one Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (2010), p. 37.

“From now on, Montaigne would live for himself rather than for duty.”

Sarah Bakewell livre How to Live

describing Montaigne’s retirement at age 38, p. 24.
How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne in one Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (2010)

“Learning should be a pleasure, and children should grow up to imagine wisdom with a smiling face, not a fierce and terrifying one.”

Sarah Bakewell livre How to Live

describing Montaigne’s view, p. 57.
How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne in one Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (2010)

“As Seneca put it, life does not pause to remind you that it is running out. The only one who can keep you mindful of this is you.”

Sarah Bakewell livre How to Live

Source: How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne in one Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (2010), p. 37.

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