To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, and coaches and cannibals.
To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, and coaches and cannibals.
Born in 1533, Montaigne studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection. He died in 1586. Dr M.A. Screech is regarded as the world's greatest authority on Montaigne.
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Introduction Note on the Text The Annotations Note on the Translation Explanation of the Symbols THE ESSAYS: A SELECTIONTo the Reader Book I 1. We reach the same end by discrepant means 8. On idleness 16. On punishing cowardice 18. On fear 20. To philosophize is to learn how to die 26. On educating children 27. That it is madness to judge the true and false from our own capacities 31. On the Cannibals 32. Judgements on God's ordinances must be embarked upon with prudence 39. On solitude 56. On prayer 57. On the length of life Book II 1. On the inconstancy of our actions 2. On drunkenness 5. On conscience 8. On the affection of fathers for their children 11. On cruelty 32. In defence of Seneca and Plutarch 35. On three good wives 37. On the resemblance of children to their fathers Book III 2. On repenting 3. On three kinds of social intercourse 5. On some lines of Virgil 6. On coaches 11. On the lame 13. On experience Index Summary of the Symbols
Introduction Note on the Text The Annotations Note on the Translation Explanation of the Symbols THE ESSAYS: A SELECTIONTo the Reader Book I 1. We reach the same end by discrepant means 8. On idleness 16. On punishing cowardice 18. On fear 20. To philosophize is to learn how to die 26. On educating children 27. That it is madness to judge the true and false from our own capacities 31. On the Cannibals 32. Judgements on God's ordinances must be embarked upon with prudence 39. On solitude 56. On prayer 57. On the length of life Book II 1. On the inconstancy of our actions 2. On drunkenness 5. On conscience 8. On the affection of fathers for their children 11. On cruelty 32. In defence of Seneca and Plutarch 35. On three good wives 37. On the resemblance of children to their fathers Book III 2. On repenting 3. On three kinds of social intercourse 5. On some lines of Virgil 6. On coaches 11. On the lame 13. On experience Index Summary of the Symbols
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