Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 12 by Michel de Montaigne
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"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 12" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. In this final volume, Montaigne continues his intimate self-examination, exploring topics from the profound to the trivial with skeptical wisdom. Writing during France's religious wars, he questions human certainty and reason while drawing on classical sources. His conversational style and frank introspection reveal a mind grappling with knowledge's limits,
human nature's volatility, and life's fundamental mysteries. These essays became profoundly influential on 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 12 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of giving the lie -- Of liberty of conscience -- That we taste nothing pure -- Against idleness -- Of posting -- Of ill means employed to a good end -- Of the Roman grandeur -- Not to counterfeit being sick -- Of thumbs -- Cowardice the mother of cruelty -- All things have their season -- Of virtue -- Of a monstrous child -- Of anger. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.1 (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. | 3592 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 393 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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