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

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
00:30:47
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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