Montaigne: Essays

Pages: 416, Paperback, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Posted: Dec-10-2007

Know thyself

In 1580, Michel de Montaigne, a French nobleman, courtier, and mayor of Bordeaux, dedicated this "honest book" to his family and friends so that they might know him as he really was. It may be called an extended autobiography, but one that is quite unusual in its scope as well as its candor. "Que...

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Posted: Dec-10-2007

What do we know? - Observations and Meditations of a Probing Mind

In 1580, Michel de Montaigne dedicated this "honest book" to his family and friends. It may be called an extended autobiography; but it is quite unusual in its scope as well as its candor. Having tasted the life of courtier, parliamentarian, world traveler and mayor of Bordeaux, Montaigne...

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Posted: Oct-30-2007

not bad

Montaigne's essays are one of the most respected books in western literature. I was doing a survey of great books lists and montaigne was one of the most represented. I never heard of him so I was compelled to dive right in.Of course Montaigne deserves his rep - and you can peek other reviews...

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Posted: Feb-05-2007

The Zenith of intuitive reasoning

Michel(Eyquem)de MontaigneFrench courtier and author(born Feb. 28,28,1533,Chateux de Montaingne,Francedied-Sept. 23,1592,Chateaux de Montaigne)He served as a counselor at the Bordeaux Parliament.There he met the lawyerEtienne de La Boetie,with which he formed an extraordinary friendship.The void...

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Posted: May-21-2006

"Reader, thou hast here an honest book..."

Montaigne is considered the father the personal essay. And within them, it seems, there is not a topic he didn't cover. After serving in the Bordeaux Parlement, in 1570 "he retired to his chateau...to read, think, and write." This is where his essays are born, late in his life, and soon to be...

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Posted: Oct-10-2005

An enlightened consciousness

Michel de Montaigne is considered by many to be the inventor of the literary form of the essay, so the collection from which these excerpts come is important in several ways. Montaigne was a humanist and a skeptic in his philosophical approach, and essentially looked at his own experience as the...

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Posted: Jun-11-2005

A Portrait of a Fascinating Bibliomaniac

"My library is in the third story of a tower; on the first is my chapel, on the second a bedroom with ante-chambers, where I often lie to be alone; and above it there is a great wardrobe...Adjoining my library is a very neat little room, in which a fire can be laid in winter, and which is...

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Posted: Feb-20-2005

A Superior Translation of a Great Writer

Over the years I have kept a copy of the Essays by my favorite reading chair to be enjoyed at random, particularly in the middle of the night when Entropy seems to hold the upper hand. They exercise a remarkable calming effect.Seduced by the idea of having a complete set of all the Essays, I...

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Posted: Apr-18-2000

Handbook for Life

A wonderful book to have for life. I already have the full version with detailed Essays of Montaigne, but this small paperback version is one which goes with me everywhere. It is my handbook to life and thoughts. I've had this book for long, handed to me by my father. I find all daily life...

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