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My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living | Princeton Alumni Weekly

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Whenever I’m in Paris, I visit the place on the Left Bank where my father lived while studying abroad in the 1950s.

Features My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living Illustration: Michael Woloschinow By Ann Tashi Slater '84 Published Jan. 27, 2022 12 min read Copied to clipboard Whenever I'm in Paris, I visit the place on the Left Bank where my father lived while studying abroad in the 1950s. A philosophy student at the Sorbonne, he rented a room on Rue Monsieur le Prince, a street off Boulevard Saint-Michel filled with Japanese and Vietnamese restaurants, bookstores, and hotels. Standing in front of my father's building, I imagine him walking through the tall green doors on his way to a lecture on Socra

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