The Essays

by Michel Montaigne, M. A. Screech (Translator), M. A. Screech (Introduction), M. A. Screech (Editor), M. A. Screech (Noted by)

Overview

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In On Experience he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780241412343
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	04/25/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	717,875
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About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

	Of His Task and Theme	11
	Of Pedantism	19
	Of the Institution and Education of Children; to the Lady Diana of Foix, Countess of Gurson	35
	It is Folly to Refer Truth or Falsehood to our Sufficiency	85
	Of Friendship	91
	Of Solitariness	109
	Of the Inequality That is Between Us	125
	Of the Inconstancy of Our Actions	137
	Of Drunkenness	147
	Of Books	159
	Of Cruelty	177
	We Taste Nothing Purely	193
	Of Anger and Choler	199
	Of Profit and Honesty	209
	Of Repenting	223
	Of Three Commerces or Societies	241
	How One Ought to Govern His Will	257