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Selected Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
Selected Essays - Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Michel de Montaigne
Careful selection of 8 masterly essays by noted French writer and thinker: "Of Friendship," "Of Books," "Of Cruelty," "Of Repentance," "Of Three Commerces," "Of Solitude," "Of the Inequality Among Us" and "That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity." Classic Charles Cotton translation. New introductory Note.
ISBN-13: 9780486291093
ISBN-10: 048629109X
Publication Date: 5/20/1996
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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The creator of the modern essay, Montaigne presented to the world a complete self portrait that was also a mirror in which humanity as a whole found itself reflected. His early essays contained strong elements of stoicism and skepticism, while later efforts indicate a greater balance and an acceptance of nature.


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