Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592 creator Michaud text utu 2019 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Essais de Montaigne (self-édition) - Volume IV" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. Montaigne explores an extraordinary range of subjects, from profound philosophical inquiries to everyday observations, with the stated aim of recording traits of his own character. Writing during the French Wars of Religion, he examines human nature through skeptical inquiry, freely associating ideas and questioning the certainty of knowledge. His conversational style and frank introspection offer timeless reflections on what it means to be human. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) Release date is 2019-01-16 Produced by Claudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified French essays PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58706 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58706 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134343.0 58706