Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592 creator Hazlitt, William Carew 1834-1913 Cotton, Charles 1630-1687 text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) Release date is 2004-11-01 Produced by David Widger Original publication data not identified French essays -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3586 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3586 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133114.0 3586