Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 01 by Michel de Montaigne
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"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 01" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne explores topics ranging from profound philosophical questions to everyday trivialities, examining human nature through frank self-reflection. Writing during France's religious wars, he embraces skepticism, questioning human certainty and reason while drawing on classical texts. His conversational style and searching inquiries into knowledge, consciousness, education, and morality helped establish
the essay form itself, influencing both French and English literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 |
| Translator | Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 |
| Title | Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 01 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Preface -- The life of Montaigne -- The letters of Montaigne. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French essays -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3581 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 526 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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