Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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

Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to his estates and decided to write about what he knew best--himself. And so in his likes and dislikes, his reflections on history, his loves and his travels, he brought to life, not just one man, but all human experience. "What do I know?" he asked. If not himself and his own soul, then nothing else. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Genre(s): War & Military, Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Keyword(s): humanism (10), french wars of religion (5), skepticism (4), henry iv of france (4), french renaissance (1), etienne de la boetie (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End Pamela Nagami
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Play 02 Of Sorrow Pamela Nagami
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Play 03 That the Soul Discharges her Passions upon False Objects, Where the True Are Wanting Pamela Nagami
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Play 04 That the Intention is Judge of Our Actions Pamela Nagami
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Play 05 Of Liars Pamela Nagami
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Play 06 Of Quick and Slow Speech Pamela Nagami
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Play 07 Of Constancy Pamela Nagami
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Play 08 Of Fear Pamela Nagami
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Play 09 That Men are Not to Judge of Our Happiness til after Death Pamela Nagami
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Play 10 That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity Pamela Nagami
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Play 11 Of Friendship Pamela Nagami
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Play 12 That a Man is Soberly to Judge of the Divine Ordinances Pamela Nagami
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Play 13 Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes Pamela Nagami
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Play 14 That We Laugh and Cry for the Same Thing Pamela Nagami
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Play 15 Of Solitude Pamela Nagami
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Play 16 Of the Inequality among Us Pamela Nagami
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Play 17 Of Ancient Customs Pamela Nagami
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Play 18 Of the Vanity of Words Pamela Nagami
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Play 19 Of Prayers Pamela Nagami
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Play 20 Of Books, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 21 Of Books, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 22 Of Cruelty, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 23 Of Cruelty, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 24 Of the Inconstancy of Our Actions Pamela Nagami
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Play 25 Use Makes Perfect, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 26 Use Makes Perfect, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 27 Of Glory, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 28 Of Glory, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 29 Of Presumption, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 30 Of Presumption, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 31 Of Presumption, Pt. 3 Pamela Nagami
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Play 32 Of Presumption, Pt. 4 Pamela Nagami
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Play 33 Of Giving the Lie Pamela Nagami
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Play 34 Of Liberty of Conscience Pamela Nagami
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Play 35 Of Virtue Pamela Nagami
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Play 36 Of Anger Pamela Nagami
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Play 37 Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 38 Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 39 Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 3 Pamela Nagami
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Play 40 Of Repentance, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 41 Of Repentance, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 42 Of Repentance, Pt. 3 Pamela Nagami
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Play 43 Of the Inconvenience of Greatness Pamela Nagami
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Play 44 Of Managing the Will, Pt. 1 Pamela Nagami
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Play 45 Of Managing the Will, Pt. 2 Pamela Nagami
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Play 46 Of Managing the Will, Pt. 3 Pamela Nagami
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