TY - BOOK AU - Montaigne,Michel de AU - Hazlitt,William Carew AU - Cotton,Charles TI - Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 17 AV - PQ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - French essays -- Translations into English N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne); Release date is 2004-11-01; Of vanity; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 17" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. This volume forms part of Montaigne's groundbreaking work of self-examination, where he explores topics ranging from profound philosophical questions to everyday trivialities. Writing in a conversational style during France's religious wars, Montaigne employs skepticism and classical references to examine human nature's variety and limitations. His candid introspection, supported by the motto "What do I know?," challenges certainty itself while offering timeless insights into consciousness, knowledge, and existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3597 ER -