Volume I The Essays of Montaigne, Volume I

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Volume I The Essays of Montaigne, Volume I

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The Essays of Montaigne

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1925

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Philosophy Philosophy, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
TO THE READER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. BY DIVERS MEANS A LIKE END IS ATTAINED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
II. OF SADNESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	10
III. OUR FEELINGS EXTEND THEMSELVES BEYOND OUR PERCEPTIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
IV. HOW T H E SOUL VENTS ITS EMOTIONS ON FALSE OBJECTS WHEN TRUE ONES A R E LACKING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	24
V. WHETHER THE COMMANDANT OF A BESIEGED STRONGHOLD SHOULD GO FORTH TO PARLEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
VI. THE HOUR OF PARLEYS IS A DANGEROUS TIME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
VII. THAT OUR ACTIONS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY OUR INTENTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
VIII. OF IDLENESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
IX. OF LIARS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
X. OF READINESS OR UNREADINESS OF SPEECH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
XI. OF PROGNOSTICATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
XII. OF STEADINESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
XIII. THE CEREMONY AT INTERVIEWS OF KINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
XIV. THAT THE SAVOUR OF GOODS AND ILLS DEPENDS IN LARGE PART ON THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE OF THEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
XV. UNREASONABLE PERSISTENCE IN THE DEFENCE OF A STRONGHOLD IS PUNISHED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
XVI. OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
XVII. A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	92
XVIII. OF FEAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
XIX. THAT OUR FORTUNE MUST NOT BE JUDGED OF UNTIL AFTER DEATH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
XX. THAT TO THINK AS A PHILOSOPHER IS TO LEARN TO DIE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
XXI. OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGINATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
XXII. ONE MAN'S PROFIT IS ANOTHER'S LOSS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
XXIII. OF CUSTOM, AND THE INADVISABILITY OF CHANGING AN ESTABLISHED LAW Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
XXIV. DIFFERENT RESULTS OF THE SAME COUNSEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
XXV. OF PEDANTRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
XXVI. OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
XXVII. IT IS UNWISDOM TO LEAVE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THE DECISION OF WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS FALSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
XXVIII. OF FRIENDSHIP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
XXIX. NINE-AND-TWENTY SONNETS OF ETIENNE DE LA BOËTIE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	260
XXX. OF MODERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	262
XXXI. OF CANNIBALS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	268
XXXII. THAT IT IS WITH SOBRIETY THAT WE SHOULD UNDERTAKE TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE DECREES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	286
XXXIII. OF AVOIDING PLEASURES AT THE COST OF LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	290
XXXIV. THAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN MET WITH IN THE TRAIN OF REASON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	292
XXXV. OF A DEFECT IN OUR ADMINISTRATION OF CITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	296
XXXVI. OF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	298
XXXVII. OF THE YOUNGER CATO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
XXXVIII. HOW WE WEEP AND LAUGH AT ONE AND THE SAME THING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
XXXIX. OF SOLITUDE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	313
XL. REFLECTION CONCERNING CICERO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
XLI. OF NOT GIVING AWAY ONE'S GLORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	336
XLII. OF THE INEQUALITY BETWEEN US Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	340
XLIII. OF SUMPTUARY LAWS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
XLIV. OF SLEEP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	356
XLV. OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
XLVI. OF NAMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	361
XLVII. OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGEMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	368
XLVIII. OF STEEDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	376
XLIX. OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	388

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674336933

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1925

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674336445

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Reprint 2014

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Front matter:

16

Main content:

395

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674336933

eBook ISBN: 9780674336933

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674336445

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