Under the pretense of defending an obscure treatise by a Catalan theologian, Sebond, Montaigne attacks the philosophers
who attempt rational explanations of the universe and argues for a skeptical Christianity based squarely on faith
rather than reason. The result is the Apology for Raymond Sebond, a classic of Counter-Reformation thought and
a masterpiece of Renaissance literature.
This new translation by Roger Ariew and Marjorie Grene achieves both accuracy and fluency, conveying at once the
nuances of Montaigne's arguments and his distinctive literary style.