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The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - (Mint Editions (Nonfiction Narratives: Essays, Speeches and Full-Length Work)) (Paperback) - 1 of 1

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - Mint Editions Nonfiction Narratives: Essays, Speeches and Full-Length Work Paperback

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  • The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1877) is a collection of essays and letters by Michel de Montaigne.
  • Author(s): Michel de Montaigne
  • 1194 Pages
  • Literary Collections, Essays
  • Series Name: Mint Editions (Nonfiction Narratives: Essays, Speeches and Full-Length Work)

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"The Essays of Michel de Montaigne was first published in 1877"--Title page verso.



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The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1877) is a collection of essays and letters by Michel de Montaigne. Originally published in French as Essais (1580), this edition was translated by English poet Charles Cotton in the late-17th century and republished by William Carew Hazlitt, the grandson of renowned English essayist and critic William Hazlitt. "No man living is more free from this passion [of sorrow] than I, who yet neither like it in myself nor admire it in others, and yet generally the world, as a settled thing, is pleased to grace it with a particular esteem, clothing therewith wisdom, virtue, and conscience. Foolish and sordid guise!" In his masterful essays, Michel de Montaigne eschews the typical distancing required of the authorial voice in order to investigate public matters through a personal lens. As the subject of his own musings, he provides both a stirring self-portrait and an invaluable new voice that will resonate throughout Western literature. Unlike the Enlightenment thinkers who would follow in his footsteps, Montaigne is skeptical of the possibility of human certainty and takes an ethical stand against the European colonial project in the Americas and elsewhere. At times serious, at others tongue-in-cheek, his wide-ranging topics include conscience, politics, sorrow, solitude, fear, friendship, war, and poetry. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne were written at a crossroads in human history-between Renaissance and Enlightenment, Catholicism and Protestantism, Montaigne argues that to look outward requires we first look within, and that the quest for happiness requires us to accept what we cannot know. This edition of The Essays of Michel de Montaigne is a classic of French philosophy reimagined for modern readers.

Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.



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Inspired by Lucretius and Plutarch, Michel de Montaigne composed this masterwork of French philosophy while living in solitude following his retirement from public life. His wide-ranging topics include conscience, politics, sorrow, solitude, fear, friendship, war, and poetry; informing countless readers that to look outward requires we first look within.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x 2.34 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 1194
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Series Title: Mint Editions (Nonfiction Narratives: Essays, Speeches and Full-Length Work)
Publisher: Mint Editions
Format: Paperback
Author: Michel de Montaigne
Language: English
Street Date: October 12, 2021
TCIN: 1007429542
UPC: 9781513200651
Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-3796
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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