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Essays book 2

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. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. His pieces became famous for his apparent effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography. His main work, Essais (translated literally as "Attempts" but traditionally as "Essays"), contains some of the still most widely influential essays ever written. This is the second volume of that important work. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia by Leni)

Genre(s): Essays, Early Modern

Language: English

Group: Essays by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS	Malone	00:25:10
Play 02	02 - OF DRUNKENNESS	Malone	00:34:16
Play 03	03 - A CUSTOM OF THE ISLE OF CEA	Malone	00:50:10
Play 04	04 - TO-MORROW'S A NEW DAY	Malone	00:08:12
Play 05	05 - OF CONSCIENCE	Malone	00:13:54
Play 06	06 - USE MAKES PERFECT	Cynthia Moyer	00:38:48
Play 07	07 - OF RECOMPENSES OF HONOUR	Malone	00:13:05
Play 08	08 - OF THE AFFECTION OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN, part 1	Malone	00:36:30
Play 09	09 - OF THE AFFECTION OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN, part 2	Malone	00:32:16
Play 10	10 - OF THE ARMS OF THE PARTHIANS	Malone	00:10:49
Play 11	11 - OF BOOKS	Malone	00:47:20
Play 12	12 - OF CRUELTY	Cynthia Moyer	00:57:05
Play 13	13 - OF JUDGING OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER	Cynthia Moyer	00:23:10
Play 14	14 - THAT OUR MIND HINDERS ITSELF	April Gonzales	00:02:56
Play 15	15 - THAT OUR DESIRES ARE AUGMENTED BY DIFFICULTY	Malone	00:21:53
Play 16	16 - OF GLORY	Cynthia Moyer	00:50:51
Play 17	17 - OF PRESUMPTION, part 1	Cynthia Moyer	00:38:47
Play 18	18 - OF PRESUMPTION, part 2	Cynthia Moyer	00:38:19
Play 19	19 - OF PRESUMPTION, part 3	Cynthia Moyer	00:42:17
Play 20	20 - OF GIVING THE LIE	Malone	00:15:24
Play 21	21 - OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE	Malone	00:13:42
Play 22	22 - THAT WE TASTE NOTHING PURE	Malone	00:12:20
Play 23	23 - AGAINST IDLENESS	Malone	00:14:30
Play 24	24 - OF POSTING	Kajo	00:03:39
Play 25	25 - OF ILL MEANS EMPLOYED TO A GOOD END	Malone	00:12:24
Play 26	26 - OF THE ROMAN GRANDEUR	Kajo	00:04:40
Play 27	27 - NOT TO COUNTERFEIT BEING SICK	Kajo	00:06:14
Play 28	28 - OF THUMBS	April Gonzales	00:03:11
Play 29	29 - COWARDICE THE MOTHER OF CRUELTY	Cynthia Moyer	00:33:43
Play 30	30 - ALL THINGS HAVE THEIR SEASON	Kajo	00:06:22
Play 31	31 - OF VIRTUE	Rapunzelina	00:20:11
Play 32	32 - OF A MONSTROUS CHILD	Julia Niedermaier	00:04:35
Play 33	33 - OF ANGER	Malone	00:24:56
Play 34	34 - DEFENCE OF SENECA AND PLUTARCH	Malone	00:22:04
Play 35	35 - THE STORY OF SPURINA	Malone	00:24:28
Play 36	36 - OBSERVATION ON A WAR ACCORDING TO JULIUS CAESAR	Malone	00:28:53
Play 37	37 - OF THREE GOOD WOMEN	Rapunzelina	00:21:36
Play 38	38 - OF THE MOST EXCELLENT MEN	Rapunzelina	00:18:56
Play 39	39 - OF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS, part 1	Malone	00:52:17
Play 40	40 - OF THE RESEMBLANCE OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS, part 2	Malone	00:49:44
Play 41	41 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 1	Malone	00:47:06
Play 42	42 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 2	Cynthia Moyer	01:03:55
Play 43	43 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 3	Cynthia Moyer	01:09:38
Play 44	44 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 4	Cynthia Moyer	01:04:53
Play 45	45 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 5	Cynthia Moyer	01:08:58
Play 46	46 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 6	Cynthia Moyer	01:03:28
Play 47	47 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 7	Cynthia Moyer	00:49:34
Play 48	48 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 8	Cynthia Moyer	00:58:03
Play 49	49 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 9	Cynthia Moyer	01:08:49
Play 50	50 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 10	Cynthia Moyer	01:06:24
Play 51	51 - APOLOGY FOR RAIMOND SEBOND, part 11	Cynthia Moyer	01:00:13

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