01710cam a22003253u 4500 48529 UtSlPG 20260610134121.0 m cr n 260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 Essais de Montaigne (self-édition) - Volume I Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2015 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 2015-03-19 Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed "Essais de Montaigne (self-édition) - Volume I" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne set out to record his own character and humours with complete frankness, creating a new literary form that examines topics ranging from conscience and sorrow to smells and letters. Writing during France's religious wars, he embraced philosophical skepticism, questioning human certainty and reason. His conversational style blends learned quotations with everyday language, creating introspective explorations that accidentally revealed profound insights into human nature itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified French essays Michaud https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48529 89368 89368