02204cam a22003493u 4500 3586 UtSlPG 20260610133114.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) Release date is 2004-11-01 Of friendship -- Nine-and-twenty sonnets of Estienne de la Boetie -- Of moderation -- Of cannibals -- That a man is soberly to judge of the divine ordinances -- That we are to avoid pleasures, even at the expense of life -- That fortune is oftentimes observed to act by the rule of reason -- Of one defect in our government -- Of the custom of wearing clothes -- Of Cato the Younger -- That we laugh and cry for the same thing -- Of solitude. Produced by David Widger "Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06" by Michel de Montaigne is part of a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne's informal yet literate style blends learned references with everyday language as he explores topics ranging from the profound to the trivial. Writing during France's religious wars, he examines human nature through skeptical inquiry, questioning the certainty of reason and experience. His conversational explorations of life, knowledge, and mortality reveal a mind in constant search, freely associating ideas without claiming definitive answers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified French essays -- Translations into English Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3586 45633 45633