ON THE USEFUL AND THE HONEST IN MONTAIGNE: BETWEEN STOICISM AND STATE REASON

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v22i1.43949

Keywords:

Montaigne, Cicero, Fides, Stoic Moral.

Abstract

This paper proposes to analyze the first text of the third book of Montaigne 's Essays, entitled "From the Helpful and the Honest," establishing a parallel between Montaigne' s ideas in the foreground, the constructions of stoic moralism, and with the precepts developed by Machiavelli. In this context, we want to show that in the political context of his time Montaigne affirms the idea of fides as an element capable of guaranteeing the maintenance and preservation of political institutions more effectively than the simple ethics of results professed by the defenders of reason of State. Montaigne is thus uniting both Stoic morality and the currents of thought of his time.

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Author Biography

Taynam Santos Luz Bueno, Universidade de São Paulo - USP - Departamento de Filosofia

Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo - USP (2010), Graduada e Licenciada em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo - USP (2005) e em Design Gráfico pela Escola Panamericana de Artes (2006). Tem experiência na área de Ética e Filosofia política. É atualmente doutoranda do Depto. de Filosofia - FFLCH - USP, no qual realiza pesquisas na área de filosofia política, no programa de pós-graduação da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)

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Published

2017-07-31

How to Cite

BUENO, Taynam Santos Luz. ON THE USEFUL AND THE HONEST IN MONTAIGNE: BETWEEN STOICISM AND STATE REASON. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 22, n. 1, p. 221–247, 2017. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v22i1.43949. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/43949. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2017): Fluxo contínuo

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