The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne

The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne with Peter Wickham

53 hours, 11 minutes first pub 1572 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced

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 In 1572, Montaigne — nobleman, humanist, and thoroughly Renaissance man — retired to the seclusion of his estate in the Dordogne and started to write. From his pen poured a stream of 'essays' — attempts to capture the observations that came to hi...

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