The Essays of Montaigne
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Table of Contents
- Book I
- The Author to the Reader
- Chapter I. That men by various ways arrive at the same end.
- Chapter II. Of Sorrow.
- Chapter III. That our affections carry themselves beyond us.
- Chapter IV. That the soul discharges her passions upon false objects, where the true are wanting.
- Chapter V. Whether the governor of a place besieged ought himself to go out to parley.
- Chapter VI. That the hour of parley is dangerous.
- Chapter VII. That the intention is judge of our actions.
- Chapter VIII. Of idleness.
- Chapter IX. Of liars.
- Chapter X. Of quick or slow speech.
- Chapter XI. Of prognostications.
- Chapter XII. Of constancy.
- Chapter XIII. The ceremony of the interview of princes.
- Chapter XIV. That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended.
- Chapter XV. Of the punishment of cowardice.
- Chapter XVI. A proceeding of some ambassadors.
- Chapter XVII. Of fear.
- Chapter XVIII. That men are not to judge of our happiness till after death.
- Chapter XIX. That to study philosophy is to learn to die.
- Chapter XX. Of the force of imagination.
- Chapter XXI. That the profit of one man is the damage of another.
- Chapter XXII. Of custom, and that we should not easily change a law received.
- Chapter XXIII. Various events from the same counsel.
- Chapter XXIV. Of pedantry.
- Chapter XXV. Of the education of children.
- Chapter XXVI. That it is folly to measure truth and error by our own capacity.
- Chapter XXVII. Of friendship.
- Chapter XXVIII. Nine-and-twenty sonnets of Estienne de la Boetie.
- Chapter XXIX. Of moderation.
- Chapter XXX. Of cannibals.
- Chapter XXXI. That a man is soberly to judge of the divine ordinances.
- Chapter XXXII. That we are to avoid pleasures, even at the expense of life.
- Chapter XXXIII. That fortune is oftentimes observed to act by the rule of reason.
- Chapter XXXIV. Of one defect in our government.
- Chapter XXXV. Of the custom of wearing clothes.
- Chapter XXXVI. Of Cato the Younger.
- Chapter XXXVII. That we laugh and cry for the same thing.
- Chapter XXXVIII. Of solitude.
- Chapter XXXIX. A consideration upon Cicero.
- Chapter XL. That the relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them.
- Chapter XLI. Not to communicate a man's honour.
- Chapter XLII. Of the inequality amongst us.
- Chapter XLIII. Of sumptuary laws.
- Chapter XLIV. Of sleep.
- Chapter XLV. Of the battle of Dreux.
- Chapter XLVI. Of names.
- Chapter XLVII. Of the uncertainty of our judgment.
- Chapter XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers.
- Chapter XLIX. Of ancient customs.
- Chapter L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus.
- Chapter LI. Of the vanity of words.
- Chapter LII. Of the parsimony of the Ancients.
- Chapter LIII. Of a saying of Caesar.
- Chapter LIV. Of vain subtleties.
- Chapter LV. Of smells.
- Chapter LVI. Of prayers.
- Chapter LVII. Of age.
- The Author to the Reader
- Book II
- Chapter I. Of the inconstancy of our actions.
- Chapter II. Of drunkenness.
- Chapter III. A custom of the Isle of Cea.
- Chapter IV. To-morrow's a new day.
- Chapter V. Of conscience.
- Chapter VI. Use makes perfect.
- Chapter VII. Of recompenses of honour.
- Chapter VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children.
- Chapter IX. Of the arms of the Parthians.
- Chapter X. Of books.
- Chapter XI. Of cruelty.
- Chapter XII. The Apology of Raymond Sebond. [1]
- Chapter XIII. Of judging of the death of another.
- Chapter XIV. That the mind hinders itself.
- Chapter XV. That our desires are augmented by difficulty.
- Chapter XVI. Of glory.
- Chapter XVII. Of presumption.
- Chapter XVIII. Of giving the lie.
- Chapter XIX. Of liberty of conscience.
- Chapter XX. That we taste nothing pure.
- Chapter XXI. Against idleness.
- Chapter XXII. Of Posting.
- Chapter XXIII. Of ill means employed to a good end.
- Chapter XXIV. Of the Roman grandeur.
- Chapter XXV. Not to counterfeit being sick.
- Chapter XXVI. Of thumbs.
- Chapter XXVII. Cowardice the mother of cruelty.
- Chapter XXVIII. All things have their season.
- Chapter XXIX. Of virtue.
- Chapter XXX. Of a monstrous child.
- Chapter XXXI. Of anger.
- Chapter XXXII. Defence of Seneca and Plutarch.
- Chapter XXXIII. The story of Spurina.
- Chapter XXXIV. Means to carry on a war according to Julius Caesar.
- Chapter XXXV. Of three good women.
- Chapter XXXVI. Of the most excellent men.
- Chapter XXXVII. Of the resemblance of children to their fathers.
- Chapter I. Of the inconstancy of our actions.
- Book III
- Chapter I. Of Profit and Honesty.
- Chapter II. Of Repentance.
- Chapter III. Of Three Commerces.
- Chapter IV. Of Diversion.
- Chapter V. Upon Some verses of Virgil.
- Chapter VI. Of Coaches.
- Chapter VII. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness.
- Chapter VIII. Of the Art of Conference.
- Chapter IX. Of Vanity.
- Chapter X. Of Managing the Will.
- Chapter XI. Of Cripples.
- Chapter XII. Of Physiognomy.
- Chapter XIII. Of Experience.
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- ↑ Translator John Florio