Identity, Reason and Doubt

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The paper analyses three passages from Montaigne, Descartes and Pascal and finds that the central thematic concern linking all three is the nature of identity, and how it may be constructed in the modern context. The passages suggest that reason and doubt - two of the chief philosophical tools of the modern period - are central to this exercise in each of the works.

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"In analyzing the three given passages from Montaigne, Descartes and Pascal, this essay will argue that the central thematic concern linking all three is the nature of identity, and how it may be constructed in the modern context. As will be seen, the passages suggest that reason and doubt - two of the chief philosophical tools of the modern period - are central to this exercise in each of the works. Montaigne opens his essay on "Repentance" with reference to one of the primary objectives of his project: the autobiographical depiction of Michel de Montaigne."

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