Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08 by Michel de Montaigne
"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08" by Michel de Montaigne is part of a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Through candid self-examination, Montaigne explores topics ranging from profound philosophical questions to everyday trivialities. Writing during France's religious wars, he embraced skepticism, questioning human certainty and reason while examining marriage, education, colonization, and the nature of knowledge. His conversational style blends learned references with popular sayings, creating
an intimate portrait of one mind's searching inquiry into what it means to be human. (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 08 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of war-horses, or destriers -- Of ancient customs -- Of Democritus and Heraclitus -- Of the vanity of words -- Of the parsimony of the ancients -- Of a saying of Caesar -- Of vain subtleties -- Of smells -- Of prayers -- Of age. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 49.4 (College-level). 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. | 3588 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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