# Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14

By Michel de Montaigne.

"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. This volume forms part of Montaigne's groundbreaking work of self-examination, where he records "some traits of my character and of my humours." Through informal, conversational prose mixing learned vocabulary with popular sayings, Montaigne explores topics ranging from the profound to the trivial. His philosophical skepticism questions human certainty and reason, while his candid introspection inadvertently illuminates universal human nature during France's turbulent Wars of Religion. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: William Carew Hazlitt
- Translator: Charles Cotton
- Subjects: French essays -- Translations into English

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