Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592 creator Michaud text utu 2015 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified French essays PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48529 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48529 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134121.0 48529