Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to his estates and decided to write about what he knew best--himself. And so in his likes and dislikes, his reflections on history, his loves and his travels, he brought to life, not just one man, but all human experience. "What do I know?" he asked. If not himself and his own soul, then nothing else. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End
12:04 - Chapter 2
Of Sorrow
08:25 - Chapter 3
That the Soul Discharges her Passions upon False Objects, Where the True Are Wanting
06:28 - Chapter 4
That the Intention is Judge of Our Actions
04:51 - Chapter 5
Of Liars
16:22 - Chapter 6
Of Quick and Slow Speech
06:59 - Chapter 7
Of Constancy
07:25 - Chapter 8
Of Fear
07:43 - Chapter 9
That Men are Not to Judge of Our Happiness til after Death
07:33 - Chapter 10
That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity
10:56 - Chapter 11
Of Friendship
30:47 - Chapter 12
That a Man is Soberly to Judge of the Divine Ordinances
06:33 - Chapter 13
Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes
09:39 - Chapter 14
That We Laugh and Cry for the Same Thing
08:13 - Chapter 15
Of Solitude
31:57 - Chapter 16
Of the Inequality among Us
23:09 - Chapter 17
Of Ancient Customs
09:19 - Chapter 18
Of the Vanity of Words
09:23 - Chapter 19
Of Prayers
26:34 - Chapter 20
Of Books, Pt. 1
18:33 - Chapter 21
Of Books, Pt. 2
21:17 - Chapter 22
Of Cruelty, Pt. 1
21:39 - Chapter 23
Of Cruelty, Pt. 2
17:52 - Chapter 24
Of the Inconstancy of Our Actions
18:20 - Chapter 25
Use Makes Perfect, Pt. 1
15:27 - Chapter 26
Use Makes Perfect, Pt. 2
16:22 - Chapter 27
Of Glory, Pt. 1
18:31 - Chapter 28
Of Glory, Pt. 2
18:31 - Chapter 29
Of Presumption, Pt. 1
19:52 - Chapter 30
Of Presumption, Pt. 2
21:24 - Chapter 31
Of Presumption, Pt. 3
21:56 - Chapter 32
Of Presumption, Pt. 4
25:00 - Chapter 33
Of Giving the Lie
12:36 - Chapter 34
Of Liberty of Conscience
12:15 - Chapter 35
Of Virtue
20:49 - Chapter 36
Of Anger
21:18 - Chapter 37
Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 1
13:09 - Chapter 38
Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 2
16:56 - Chapter 39
Of Profit and Honesty, Pt. 3
16:44 - Chapter 40
Of Repentance, Pt. 1
14:15 - Chapter 41
Of Repentance, Pt. 2
13:17 - Chapter 42
Of Repentance, Pt. 3
16:53 - Chapter 43
Of the Inconvenience of Greatness
15:46 - Chapter 44
Of Managing the Will, Pt. 1
23:10 - Chapter 45
Of Managing the Will, Pt. 2
22:48 - Chapter 46
Of Managing the Will, Pt. 3
23:55