Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete

by Michel de Montaigne

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Contents

1. Preface
2. The Life of Montaigne
3. I.——To Monsieur de Montaigne
4. II.——To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de Montaigne
5. III.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de Lansac,
6. IV.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de Mesmes, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
7. V.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de L’Hospital, Chancellor of France
8. VI.——To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, and Ambassador of His Majesty to the Signory of Venice
9. VII.——To Mademoiselle de Montaigne, my Wife
10. VIII.——To Monsieur Dupuy,
11. IX.——To the Jurats of Bordeaux
12. X.——To the same
13. XI.——To the same
14. XII
15. XIII.——To Mademoiselle Paulmier
16. XIV.——To the King, Henry IV
17. XV.——To the same
18. XVI.——To the Governor of Guienne
19. Chapter I——That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End
20. Chapter II——Of Sorrow
21. Chapter III——That Our Affections Carry Themselves Beyond Us
22. Chapter IV——That the Soul Expends Its Passions Upon False Objects, Where the True Are Wanting
23. Chapter V——Whether the Governor of a Place Besieged Ought Himself to Go Out to Parley
24. Chapter VI——That the Hour of Parley Dangerous
25. Chapter VII——That the Intention Is Judge of Our Actions
26. Chapter VIII——Of Idleness
27. Chapter IX——Of Liars
28. Chapter X——Of Quick or Slow Speech
29. Chapter XI——Of Prognostications
30. Chapter XII——Of Constancy
31. Chapter XIII——The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes
32. Chapter XIV——That Men Are Justly Punished for Being Obstinate in the Defence of a Fort That Is Not in Reason to Be Defended
33. Chapter XV——Of the Punishment of Cowardice
34. Chapter XVI——A Proceeding of Some Ambassadors
35. Chapter XVII——Of Fear
36. Chapter XVIII——That Men Are Not to Judge of Our Happiness Till After Death
37. Chapter XIX——That to Study Philosopy Is to Learn to Die
38. Chapter XX——Of the Force of Imagination
39. Chapter XXI——That the Profit of One Man Is the Damage of Another
40. Chapter XXII——Of Custom, and That We Should Not Easily Change a Law Received
41. Chapter XXIII——Various Events from the Same Counsel
42. Chapter XXIV——Of Pedantry
43. Chapter XXV——Of the Education of Children
44. Chapter XXVI——That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity
45. Chapter XXVII——Of Friendship
46. Chapter XXVIII——Nine and Twenty Sonnets of Estienne De La Boitie
47. Chapter XXIX——Of Moderation
48. Chapter XXX——Of Cannibals
49. Chapter XXXI——That a Man Is Soberly to Judge of the Divine Ordinances
50. Chapter XXXII——That We Are to Avoid Pleasures, Even at the Expense of Life
51. Chapter XXXIII——That Fortune Is Often-Times Observed to Act by the Rule of Reason
52. Chapter XXXIV——Of One Defect in Our Government
53. Chapter XXXV——Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes
54. Chapter XXXVI——Of Cato the Younger
55. Chapter XXXVII——That We Laugh and Cry for the Same Thing
56. Chapter XXXVIII——Of Solitude
57. Chapter XXXIX——A Consideration Upon Cicero
58. Chapter XL——That the Relish for Good and Evil Depends in Great Measure Upon the Opinion We Have of Them
59. Chapter XLI——Not to Communicate a Man’s Honour
60. Chapter XLII——Of the Inequality Amoungst Us
61. Chapter XLIII——Of Sumptuary Laws
62. Chapter XLIV——Of Sleep
63. Chapter XLV——Of the Battle of Dreux
64. Chapter XLVI——Of Names
65. Chapter XLVII——Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment
66. Chapter XLVIII——Of War Horses, or Destriers
67. Chapter XLIX——Of Ancient Customs
68. Chapter L——Of Democritus and Heraclitus
69. Chapter LI——Of the Vanity of Words
70. Chapter LII——Of the Parsimony of the Ancients
71. Chapter LIII——Of a Saying of Caesar
72. Chapter LIV——Of Vain Subtleties
73. Chapter LV——Of Smells
74. Chapter LVI——Of Prayers
75. Chapter LVII——Of Age
76. Chapter I——Of the Inconstancy of Our Actions
77. Chapter II——Of Drunkenness
78. Chapter III——A Custom of the Isle of Cea
79. Chapter IV——To-Morrow’s a New Day
80. Chapter V——Of Conscience
81. Chapter VI——Use Makes Perfect
82. Chapter VII——Of Recompenses of Honour
83. Chapter VIII——Of the Affection of Fathers to Their Children
84. Chapter IX——Of the Arms of the Parthians
85. Chapter X——Of Books
86. Chapter XI——Of Cruelty
87. Chapter XII. — Apology for Raimond Sebond (part 1)
88. Chapter XII. — Apology for Raimond Sebond (part 2)
89. Chapter XIII——Of Judging of the Death of Another
90. Chapter XIV——That Our Mind Hinders Itself
91. Chapter XV——That Our Desires Are Augmented by Difficulty
92. Chapter XVI——Of Glory
93. Chapter XVII——Of Presumption
94. Chapter XVIII——Of Giving the Lie
95. Chapter XIX——Of Liberty of Conscience
96. Chapter XX——That We Taste Nothing Pure
97. Chapter XXI——Against Idleness
98. Chapter XXII——Of Posting
99. Chapter XXIII——Of Ill Means Employed to a Good End
100. Chapter XXIV——Of the Roman Grandeur
101. Chapter XXV——Not to Counterfeit Being Sick
102. Chapter XXVI——Of Thumbs
103. Chapter XXVII——Cowardice the Mother of Cruelty
104. Chapter XXVIII——All Things Have Their Season
105. Chapter XXIX——Of Virtue
106. Chapter XXX——Of a Monstrous Child
107. Chapter XXXI——Of Anger
108. Chapter XXXII——Defence of Seneca and Plutarch
109. Chapter XXXIII——The Story of Spurina
110. Chapter XXXIV——Observation on the Means to Carry on a War According to Julius Caesar
111. Chapter XXXV——Of Three Good Women
112. Chapter XXXVI——Of the Most Excellent Men
113. Chapter XXXVII——Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers
114. Chapter I——Of Profit and Honesty
115. Chapter II——Of Repentance
116. Chapter III——Of Three Commerces
117. Chapter IV——Of Diversion
118. Chapter V——Upon Some Verses of Virgil
119. Chapter VI——Of Coaches
120. Chapter VII——Of the Inconvenience of Greatness
121. Chapter VIII——Of the Art of Conference
122. Chapter IX——Of Vanity
123. Chapter X——Of Managing the Will
124. Chapter XI——Of Cripples
125. Chapter XII——Of Physiognomy
126. Chapter XIII——Of Experience
127. Apology

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