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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete — Michel de Montaigne

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete

Michel de Montaigne

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1297 pages

A collection of essays in which Michel de Montaigne examines human nature, customs, knowledge, and his own life. Through personal and philosophical reflections, he considers topics from fear and superstition to education and friendship. It is worth listening to for its candid, conversational style and insightful observations that still invite reflection.

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ESSAYS OF
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Translated by Charles Cotton
Edited by William Carew Hazlitt
1877
PREFACE
THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE
I. — To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE

II. — To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.

III. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,

IV. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and

Malassize, Privy

V. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de L’HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France

VI. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, to the Signory of Venice.

VII. — To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.

VIII. —    To Monsieur DUPUY,

IX. — To the Jurats of Bordeaux.

X. — To the same.

XI. — To the same.

XII. —

XIII. — To Mademoiselle PAULMIER.

XIV. — To the KING, HENRY IV.

XV. — To the same.

XVI. — To the Governor of Guienne.

BOOK THE FIRST —

CHAPTER I — THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE

SAME END.

CHAPTER II — OF SORROW

CHAPTER III — THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES

BEYOND US
CHAPTER IV — THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON
FALSE OBJECTS
CHAPTER V — WHETHER THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF GO OUT TO
PARLEY
CHAPTER VI — THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
CHAPTER VII — THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
CHAPTER VIII — OF IDLENESS
CHAPTER IX — OF LIARS
CHAPTER X — OF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH
CHAPTER XI — OF PROGNOSTICATIONS
CHAPTER XII — OF CONSTANCY
CHAPTER XIII — THE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES
CHAPTER XIV — THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING
OBSTINATE
CHAPTER XV — OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE
CHAPTER XVI — A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS
CHAPTER XVII — OF FEAR
CHAPTER XVIII — NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER
DEATH.
CHAPTER XIX — THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE
CHAPTER XX — OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION

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Contents

  1. ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
  2. Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt
  3. 1877
  4. PREFACE
  5. THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
  6. I.——To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE
  7. II.——To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.
  8. III.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,
  9. IV.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
  10. V.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de L’HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
  11. VI.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, and Ambassador of His Majesty to the Signory of Venice.
  12. VII.——To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.
  13. VIII.——To Monsieur DUPUY,
  14. IX.——To the Jurats of Bordeaux.
  15. X.——To the same.
  16. XI.——To the same.
  17. XII.
  18. XIII.——To Mademoiselle PAULMIER.
  19. XIV.——To the KING, HENRY IV.
  20. XV.——To the same.
  21. XVI.——To the Governor of Guienne.
  22. ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
  23. CHAPTER I——THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE SAME END.
  24. CHAPTER II——OF SORROW
  25. CHAPTER III——THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US.
  26. CHAPTER IV——THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING
  27. CHAPTER V——WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY
  28. CHAPTER VI——THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
  29. CHAPTER VII——THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
  30. CHAPTER VIII——OF IDLENESS

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