Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05 by Michel de Montaigne
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"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05" 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 the profound to the trivial with remarkable honesty. Writing during France's religious wars, Montaigne questions human certainty and reason, famously asking "What do I know?" His conversational style blends learned quotations with popular
sayings, creating reflections on human nature that remain startlingly relevant centuries later. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 |
| Translator | Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 |
| Title | Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of the education of children -- That it is folly to measure truth and error by our own capacity. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French essays -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3585 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 504 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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