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 16" by Michel de Montaigne is part of a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne set out to record traits of his own character with complete frankness, never suspecting his introspective experiments would profoundly influence literature and thought. Writing during France's violent religious wars, he questioned human certainty and reason, exploring everything from conscience to trivial matters like smells. His skeptical philosophy asks: what do we truly know about ourselves and the world? (This is an automatically generated summary.) Of coaches -- Of the inconvenience of greatness -- Of the art of conference. 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/3596 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3596 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133114.0 3596