Essays Of Michel De Montaigne - 9781546383567

Essays of Michel de Montaigne Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours." The Essays were first published in 1580 and cover a wide range of topics. The present publication is intended to supply a recognised deficiency in our literature-a library edition of the Essays of Montaigne. This great French writer deserves to be regarded as a classic, not only in the land of his birth, but in all countries and in all literatures. His Essays, which are at once the most celebrated and the most permanent of his productions, form a magazine out of which such minds as those of Bacon and Shakespeare did not disdain to help themselves; and, indeed, as Hallam observes, the Frenchman's literary importance largely results from the share which his mind had in influencing other minds, coeval and subsequent. But, at the same time, estimating the value and rank of the essayist, we are not to leave out of the account the drawbacks and the circumstances of the period: the imperfect state of education, the comparative scarcity of books, and the limited opportunities of intellectual intercourse. Montaigne freely borrowed of others, and he has found men willing to borrow of him as freely.

Author: Michel de Montaigne, William Carew Hazilitt

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Apr 30, 2017

Number of Pages: 100 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1546383565

ISBN-13: 9781546383567