Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19 by Michel de Montaigne
"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. This volume represents part of Montaigne's groundbreaking literary experiment: examining himself with complete honesty to reveal universal insights into human nature. Writing during France's brutal religious wars, Montaigne explores topics from the profound to the trivial, embracing philosophical skepticism while questioning humanity's capacity for certainty. His conversational style and
introspective approach created a new form of writing that profoundly influenced Western literature and thought. (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 19 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of Experience. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 51.2 (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. | 3599 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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