Montaigne's Essays (Illustrated Revised Edition)

Author: Montaigne
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Publishing Date: 2003-04-01
Features: A series of masterpieces reflecting the spirit of France begins with Essays—[French] Nizet asks, "What book should I read?" Read Montaigne. He will make you calm. You will like him. You will find I am not wrong."—[French] Flaubert In most of his works, I see the writer. In this book, I see an independent thinker.—[French] Montesquieu Sermons by ministers and treatises by political philosophers are rarely popular, but Montaigne's books are read, translated, and discussed by the civilized people under the name of the wise and continue for over three hundred years.—[American] F. L?nnrot The existence of such a person makes one feel the joy of living in the world.—[German] Nietzsche The best book in human history. Written by the French humanist Montaigne, translated by Professor Pan Lizhen of Luoyang University of Foreign Languages and others. This book is intimate, lively, and full of wit, marking the origin of essay-style prose. The entire book is filled with the author's calm observations on humanity.