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Essays

By Michel de Montaigne

Book information

Publisher
Penguim
Year
1982
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34149104 bytes)
Pages
\420
Time added
2021-01-29 17:07:51

Description

Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published "Essays" (Essais, literally "Attempts") in 1850. Known for his skill at merging serious intellectual debate with personal anecdotes, his vast work collects together some of the most influential essays the world has ever seen, shaping the thoughts Blaise Pascal, Rene Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Isaac Asimov among others. Montaigne stated that his aim in writing these works was to describe humankind, including himself, with complete frankness.

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