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Essays book 1

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Translated by Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687)

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography—and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as "Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written. (Summary extracted from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Essays, Early Modern

Language: English

Group: Essays by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE SAME END.	Martin Geeson	00:15:35
Play 02	02 - OF SORROW	Ted Garvin	00:10:54
Play 03	03 - THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US	Ted Garvin	00:20:23
Play 04	04 - THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING	Martin Geeson	00:08:49
Play 05	05 - WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY	Martin Geeson	00:09:45
Play 06	06 - THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS	Martin Geeson	00:09:00
Play 07	07 - THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS	Caeliveres	00:04:14
Play 08	08 - OF IDLENESS	Martin Geeson	00:05:05
Play 09	09 - OF LIARS	John Kooz	00:20:09
Play 10	10 - OF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH	John Kooz	00:08:15
Play 11	11 - OF PROGNOSTICATIONS	MorganScorpion	00:13:29
Play 12	12 - OF CONSTANCY	John Kooz	00:10:21
Play 13	13 - THE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES	Cheri Gardner	00:04:54
Play 14	14 - THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED	Martin Geeson	00:05:00
Play 15	15 - OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE	Martin Geeson	00:05:53
Play 16	16 - A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS	Martin Geeson	00:12:11
Play 17	17 - OF FEAR	Martin Geeson	00:09:44
Play 18	18 - THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH.	Martin Geeson	00:10:59
Play 19	19 - THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE	Lorraine B	00:50:06
Play 20	20 - OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION	doonaboon	00:33:09
Play 21	21 - THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:02:32
Play 22	22 - OF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED	doonaboon	00:50:04
Play 23	23 - VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL	doonaboon	00:29:15
Play 24	24 - OF PEDANTRY	doonaboon	00:36:36
Play 25	25 - OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN , part 1	doonaboon	00:52:57
Play 26	26 - OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN , part 2	TriciaG	00:57:13
Play 27	27 - THAT IT IS FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY	MorganScorpion	00:12:31
Play 28	28 - OF FRIENDSHIP	John Kooz	01:03:15
Play 29	29 - NINE AND TWENTY SONNETS OF ETIENNE DE LA BOETIE & OF MODERATION	Leni	00:20:36
Play 30	30 - OF CANNIBALS	Andrew Coleman	00:36:56
Play 31	31 - THAT A MAN IS SOBERLY TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE ORDINANCES	Cheri Gardner	00:07:19
Play 32	32 - THAT WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE	Cheri Gardner	00:05:23
Play 33	33 - THAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN-TIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REASON	Ana Simão	00:09:35
Play 34	34 - OF ONE DEFECT IN OUR GOVERNMENT	Nadine Eckert-Boulet	00:03:57
Play 35	35 - OF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES	Martin Geeson	00:12:16
Play 36	36 - OF CATO THE YOUNGER	Leni	00:13:13
Play 37	37 - THAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING	Martin Geeson	00:11:33
Play 38	38 - OF SOLITUDE	stephenreader	00:31:26
Play 39	39 - A CONSIDERATION UPON CICERO	Leni	00:17:15
Play 40	40 - THAT THE RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM	Lorraine B	00:58:43
Play 41	41 - NOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN'S HONOUR	Martin Geeson	00:09:11
Play 42	42 - OF THE INEQUALITY AMOUNGST US.	elmay	00:27:54
Play 43	43 - OF SUMPTUARY LAWS	Martin Geeson	00:07:51
Play 44	44 - OF SLEEP	anjieliu	00:05:49
Play 45	45 - OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX	Martin Geeson	00:05:17
Play 46	46 - OF NAMES	Martin Geeson	00:18:58
Play 47	47 - OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGMENT	Max Körlinge	00:19:19
Play 48	48 - OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS	TriciaG	00:23:47
Play 49	49 - OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS	Leni	00:15:23
Play 50	50 - OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS	Jonathan Hockey	00:09:07
Play 51	51 - OF THE VANITY OF WORDS	Martin Geeson	00:12:09
Play 52	52 - OF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS	Leni	00:02:37
Play 53	53 - OF A SAYING OF CAESAR	Leni	00:04:44
Play 54	54 - OF VAIN SUBTLETIES	Martin Geeson	00:11:04
Play 55	55 - OF SMELLS	Martin Geeson	00:07:36
Play 56	56 - OF PRAYERS	Martin Geeson	00:33:45
Play 57	57 - OF AGE	Martin Geeson	00:10:24

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