Michel de Montaigne: Essays

1 COVER

2 TITLE PAGE ESSAYS The Philosophy Classic A Selected Edition for the Modern Reader MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE With an Introduction by PHILIPPE DESAN

3 COPYRIGHT

4 AN INTRODUCTION THE ESSAYS PERSONAL OVER ABSTRACT MY WORLD, NOT THE WORLD MONTAIGNE THE PHILOSOPHER MONTAIGNE THE SOCIAL THINKER MONTAIGNE THE POLITICAL ACTOR ON TIME AND HISTORY THE MONTAIGNE METHOD BIRTH OF THE MODERN, SKEPTICAL SELF THE NECESSITY OF DOUBT CONCLUSION NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE – TIMELINE

5 GUIDE TO THE CHAPTERSBOOK I BOOK II BOOK III

6 ABOUT PHILIPPE DESAN ABOUT TOM BUTLER-BOWDON

7 TO THE READER

8 BOOK I 8 ON IDLENESS 9 ON LIARS 14 THAT THE WAY WE SEE GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS ON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM 20 TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY IS TO LEARN HOW TO DIE 21 ON THE POWER OF IMAGINATION 23 ON CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE AN ESTABLISHED LAW 26 ON THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 28 ON FRIENDSHIP 30 ON MODERATION 31 ON CANNIBALS 39 ON SOLITUDE

9 BOOK II 1 ON THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS 6 USE MAKES PERFECT 10 ON BOOKS 11 ON CRUELTY 18 ON GIVING THE LIE 30 ON A MONSTROUS CHILD 35 ON THREE GOOD WOMEN

10 BOOK III 1 ON PROFIT AND HONESTY 2 ON REPENTANCE 5 ON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL 6 ON COACHES 8 ON THE ART OF CONVERSATION 9 ON VANITY 13 ON EXPERIENCE

11 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

1 Cover

2 Table of Contents

3 Title Page

4 Copyright

5 An Introduction

6 Guide to the Chapters

7 About Philippe Desan

8 To the Reader

9 Begin Reading

10 End User License Agreement

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