Select Essays, Michel de Montaigne
Select Essays, Michel de Montaigne
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Select Essays

Author: Michel de Montaigne

Narrator: Clive Chafer

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/25/2011

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Michel de Montaigne, one of the foremost writers of the French Renaissance and the originator of the genre of the essay, wrote on subjects ranging from friendship to imagination, from language to conscience. This collection includes twenty-two of Montaigne's essays, including "Of Prognostications," "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes," "Of Pedantry," and "Of Friendship." Throughout Montaigne's writing, he approaches his subject matter with rationality and skepticism, constantly searching for truth and inquiring into the nature of the human character. Montaigne's essays have been widely read since their first publication by such great writers as Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson and continue to resonate for modern audiences. This edition is the translation by Charles Cotton.

About Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (1533-1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance and the originator of the genre of the essay. Born near Bordeaux, Montaigne studied law and became a member of the Parliament of Bordeaux in 1557. In 1571, he retired to his castle at Montaigne and began to compose his many essays, on such diverse subjects as friendship, fear, education, and imagination, which were published in three volumes from 1580 to 1588. His work is characterized by skepticism, a desire for truth, and a driving interest in the human character, and has influenced writers across the ages, including Shakespeare, Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Virginia Woolf.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roy on April 26, 2022

e'ssay. (2) A loose sally of the mind; an irregular indigested piece; not a regular and orderly composition. —From Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language. Now I finally have an answer to the famous “desert island book” question: This book. It would have to be. Not that Montaigne’s Essays......more

Goodreads review by Julia on September 03, 2009

I kind of half jokingly refer to this book as "the introverts bible". Certainly a must read, especially for those of us who live a more contemplative life. The Essays are moving and funny, edifying, and at times very sad. Montaigne's observations range from the very specific and particular to the hu......more

Goodreads review by Alp on December 04, 2016

Sabahattin Eyüboğlu'nun muhteşem çevirisi ve derlemesiyle okuma şansı bulduğum Montaigne'in "Denemeler / Essays" eseri yazarın hayata dair düşüncelerini kendi tecrübeleriyle samimi bir dille paylaştığı kapağını her açtığınızda sizle konuşan tek kelimeyle mükemmel bir başucu başyapıtı. Gönül isterdi......more

Goodreads review by Daisy on January 17, 2023

5 years after starting this, I finally finished it. At one point I was asked if it was normal to have a crush on a man who died 450 years ago, I do not pretend to know the answer to that but in many ways the 5 years I spent with him did feel like a strange marriage. At times I couldn’t get enough of......more

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