Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 18 by Michel de Montaigne
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"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 18" by Michel de Montaigne is part of a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne examines himself with radical honesty, exploring topics from the profound to the trivial. Writing during France's religious wars, he questions human certainty and reason, famously asking "What do I know?" His conversational style weaves personal reflection with classical quotations, creating a groundbreaking form of introspective writing
that profoundly influenced Western literature and philosophical skepticism. (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 18 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of managing the will -- Of cripples -- Of physiognomy. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.6 (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. | 3598 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 623 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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