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 — Complete" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne set out to record his own character and humors with complete frankness, creating a new literary form he called "attempts" or "tests." The essays range from profound topics like conscience and sadness to trivial subjects like smells, examining human nature through skeptical inquiry. Writing during France's religious wars, Montaigne questioned certainty itself, asking "What do I know?" while freely associating ideas and drawing on classical sources. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) Release date is 2004-10-26 David Widger Original publication data not identified French essays -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3600 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3600 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133114.0 3600