Description: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne Michel de Montaigne At the age of 38, Michel de Montaigne retired from a distinguished public career and withdrew to the Tower at the Chateau de Montaigne, where he set out to record “some traits of my character and of my humours” with the utmost candor and honesty. He did not expect much. With a characteristic disdain for the pursuit of fame, he warned in the preface to his essais —“testsor “attempts” — that “I am myself the matter of the book; you would be unreasonable to suspend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject”. It may be the most self-deprecating statement ever made, for in the following nine years he developed a new form of writing that took the reader on a journey of exploration of various and sundry ideas and topics, not to educate or prove a point, but to examine the matter at hand from all sides with a keen and skeptical eye. Relating personal anecdotes, stream of conscious, rhetoric, and frequently citing Plutarch and Lucretius, we see a lucid, practical, ironic mind at work, grateful for a handle on what can be known and often finding that reality is often greater than our ability to comprehend it. In all the collection consists of 107 essays assembled into three books. The first collection was published in 1580.Montaigne kept adding and revising for the rest of his life, sometimes adding material that contradicted his earlier thinking, which he let stand. The second book appeared in 1588. Book 3 was published posthumously in 1595. Play sample: Product Details Read by: Multiple readers Length: 64 hours and 54 minutes Type: Solo reading Media: 4 MP3 CDs Package: DVD box Item No.: DB-4001 EAN: 0701236969948 List Price: $29.99 Credits Production Book Coordinator: Leni Meta Coordinator: Leni Proof Listener: Crln Yldz Ksr Artwork Cover: Michel de Montaigne, 19th century, by Antoine Maurin and Francois Seraphin Delpech. Inset: A page of the exemplaire de Bordeaux, Inset: Portrait of Michel de Montaigne, date and painter unknown. Insert: Portrait of Michel de Montaigne, date and painter unknown. The Recordings About MP3 Audio This MP3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the MP3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. It will play on CD and DVD players that are designed with MP3 capability. 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The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience. Table of Contents Disc 1 - Book 1 Track Section Reader Length 1 01 - That Men By Various Ways Arrive At The Same End. Martin Geeson 15:27 2 02 - Of Sorrow D. S. Harvey 12:30 3 03 - That Our Affections Carry Themselves Beyond Us D. S. Harvey 22:45 4 04 - That The Soul Expends Its Passions Upon False Objects Where The True Are Wanting Martin Geeson 8:42 5 05 - Whether The Governor Of A Place Besieged Ought Himself To Go Out To Parley Martin Geeson 9:37 6 06 - That The Hour Of Parley Dangerous Martin Geeson 8:54 7 07 - That The Intention Is Judge Of Our Actions Caelivres 4:03 8 08 - Of Idleness Martin Geeson 5:01 9 09 - Of Liars John Kooz 20:00 10 10 - Of Quick Or Slow Speech John Kooz 8:09 11 11 - Of Prognostications MorganScorpion 13:23 12 12 - Of Constancy John Kooz 10:11 13 13 - The Ceremony Of The Interview Of Princes Cheri Gardner 4:50 14 14 - That Men Are Justly Punished For Being Obstinate In The Defence Of A Fort That Is Not In Reason To Be Defended Martin Geeson 4:56 15 15 - Of The Punishment Of Cowardice Martin Geeson 5:48 16 16 - A Proceeding Of Some Ambassadors Martin Geeson 12:03 17 17 - Of Fear Martin Geeson 9:36 18 18 - That Men Are Not To Judge Of Our Happiness Till After Death. Martin Geeson 10:49 19 19 - That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die D. S. Harvey 55:24 20 20 - Of The Force Of Imagination doonaboon 32:53 21 21 - That The Profit Of One Man Is The Damage Of Another Nadine Eckert-Boulet 2:31 22 22 - Of Custom And That We Should Not Easily Change A Law Received doonaboon 49:43 23 23 - Various Events From The Same Counsel doonaboon 29:06 24 24 - Of Pedantry doonaboon 36:18 25 25 - Of The Education Of Children Part 1 doonaboon 52:30 26 26 - Of The Education Of Children Part 2 TriciaG 56:59 27 27 - That It Is Folly To Measure Truth And Error By Our Own Capacity MorganScorpion 12:22 28 28 - Of Friendship John Kooz 1:02:52 29 29 - Nine And Twenty Sonnets Of Etienne De La Boetie & Of Moderation Leni 20:34 30 30 - Of Cannibals Andrew Coleman 36:40 31 31 - That A Man Is Soberly To Judge Of The Divine Ordinances Cheri Gardner 7:13 32 32 - That We Are To Avoid Pleasures Even At The Expense Of Life Cheri Gardner 5:19 33 33 - That Fortune Is Often-Times Observed To Act By The Rule Of Reason Ana Simao 9:34 34 34 - Of One Defect In Our Government Nadine Eckert-Boulet 3:55 35 35 - Of The Custom Of Wearing Clothes Martin Geeson 12:12 36 36 - Of Cato The Younger Leni 13:05 37 37 - That We Laugh And Cry For The Same Thing Martin Geeson 11:24 38 38 - Of Solitude stephenreader 31:08: 39 39 - A Consideration Upon Cicero Leni 17:06 40 40 - That The Relish For Good And Evil Depends In Great Measure Upon The Opinion We Have Of Them Lorraine B 58:21 41 41 - Not To Communicate A Man's Honour Martin Geeson 9:03 42 42 - Of The Inequality Amoungst Us. elmay 27:42 43 43 - Of Sumptuary Laws Martin Geeson 7:45 44 44 - Of Sleep anjieliu 5:43 45 45 - Of The Battle Of Dreux Martin Geeson 5:10 46 46 - Of Names Martin Geeson 18:47 47 47 - Of The Uncertainty Of Our Judgment Max Korlinge 19:08 48 48 - Of War Horses Or Destriers TriciaG 23:36 49 49 - Of Ancient Customs Leni 15:21 50 50 - Of Democritus And Heraclitus Jonathan Hockey 8:59 51 51 - Of The Vanity Of Words Martin Geeson 12:00 52 52 - Of The Parsimony Of The Ancients Leni 2:37 53 53 - Of A Saying Of Caesar Leni 4:39 54 54 - Of Vain Subtleties Martin Geeson 11:02 55 55 - Of Smells Martin Geeson 7:34 56 56 - Of Prayers Martin Geeson 33:26 57 57 - Of Age Martin Geeson 10:16 Disc 2 - Book 2 - Part 1 Track Section Reader Length 1 01 - Of The Inconstancy Of Our Actions Malone 25:04 2 02 - Of Drunkenness Malone 33:56 3 03 - A Custom Of The Isle Of Cea Malone 49:45 4 04 ? To-Morrow's A New Day Malone 8:02 5 05 - Of Conscience Malone 13:51 6 06 - Use Makes Perfect Cynthia Moyer 38:27 7 07 - Of Recompenses Of Honour Malone 12:55 8 08 - Of The Affection Of Fathers To Their Children Part 1 Malone 36:09 9 09 - Of The Affection Of Fathers To Their Children Part 2 Malone 31:56 10 10 - Of The Arms Of The Parthians Malone 10:41 11 11 - Of Books Malone 46:56 12 12 - Of Cruelty Cynthia Moyer 56:38 13 13 - Of Judging Of The Death Of Another Cynthia Moyer 22:57 14 14 - That Our Mind Hinders Itself D. S. Harvey 2:55 15 15 - That Our Desires Are Augmented By Difficulty Malone 21:41 16 16 - Of Glory Cynthia Moyer 50:27 17 17 - Of Presumption Part 1 Cynthia Moyer 38:32 18 18 - Of Presumption Part 2 Cynthia Moyer 37:59 19 18 - Of Presumption Part 3 Cynthia Moyer 41:55 20 20 - Of Giving The Lie Malone 15:15 21 21 - Of Liberty Of Conscience Malone 13:32 22 22 - That We Taste Nothing Pure Malone 12:10 23 23 - Against Idleness Malone 14:20 24 24 - Of Posting Kajo 3:35 25 25 - Of Ill Means Employed To A Good End Malone 12:15 26 26 - Of The Roman Grandeur Kajo 4:40 27 27 - Not To Counterfeit Being Sick Kajo 6:14 28 28 - Of Thumbs D. S. Harvey 3:24 29 29 - Cowardice The Mother Of Cruelty Cynthia Moyer 33:30 30 30 - All Things Have Their Season Kajo 6:17 31 31 - Of Virtue Rapunzelina 20:01 32 32 - Of A Monstrous Child Julia Niedermaier 4:31 33 33 - Of Anger Malone 24:50 34 34 - Defence Of Seneca And Plutarch Malone 21:52 35 35 - The Story Of Spurina Malone 24:16 36 36 - Observation On A War According To Julius Caesar Malone 28:38 37 37 - Of Three Good Women Rapunzelina 21:26 38 38 - Of The Most Excellent Men Rapunzelina 18:53 39 39 - Of The Resemblance Of Children To Their Fathers Part 1 Malone 51:51 40 40 - Of The Resemblance Of Children To Their Fathers Part 2 Malone 49:27 Disc 3 - Book 2 - Part 2 - Apology for Raimond Sebond Track Section Reader Length 41 41 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 1 Malone 46:42 42 42 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 2 Cynthia Moyer 1:03:25 43 43 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 3 Cynthia Moyer 1:09:08 44 44 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 4 Cynthia Moyer 1:04:23 45 45 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 5 Cynthia Moyer 1:08:28 46 46 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 6 Cynthia Moyer 1:02:58 47 47 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 7 Cynthia Moyer 49:09 48 48 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 8 Cynthia Moyer 57:36 49 49 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 9 Cynthia Moyer 1:08:18 50 50 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 10 Cynthia Moyer 1:05:55 51 51 - Apology For Raimond Sebond Part 11 Cynthia Moyer 59:47 Disc 4 - Book 3 Track Section Reader Length 1 01 - Of Profit And Honesty Part 1 Malone 25:03:00 2 02 - Of Profit And Honesty Part 2 Malone 25:29:00 3 03 - Of Repentance Part 1 beeveeo 25:35:00 4 04 - Of Repentance Part 2 Erin McKelle 23:29 5 05 - Of Three Commerces Cynthia Moyer 50:04:00 6 06 - Of Diversion Malone 34:20:00 7 07 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 1 Malone 34:33:00 8 08 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 2 Malone 36:24:00 9 09 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 3 Malone 27:16:00 10 10 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 4 Malone 37:24:00 11 11 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 5 Malone 31:07:00 12 12 - Upon Some Verses Of Virgil Part 6 Malone 26:27:00 13 13 - Of Coaches Part 1 Malone 38:19:00 14 14 - Of Coaches Part 2 Malone 21:45 15 15 - Of The Inconvenience Of Greatness lewildesen 16:49 16 16 - Of The Art Of Conference Part 1 Cynthia Moyer 48:10:00 17 17 - Of The Art Of Conference Part 2 Cynthia Moyer 45:09:00 18 18 - Of Vanity Part 1 Cynthia Moyer 36:43:00 19 19 - Of Vanity Part 2 Cynthia Moyer 38:26:00 20 20 - Of Vanity Part 3 Cynthia Moyer 41:30:00 21 21 - Of Vanity Part 4 Cynthia Moyer 40:20:00 22 22 - Of Vanity Part 5 Cynthia Moyer 39:23:00 23 23 - Of Vanity Part 6 Cynthia Moyer 30:35:00 24 24 - Of Managing The Will Part 1 Malone 39:38:00 25 25 - Of Managing The Will Part 2 Malone 37:53:00 26 26 - Of Cripples Malone 38:33:00 27 27 - Of Physiognomy Part 1 Malone 31:44:00 28 28 - Of Physiognomy Part 2 Malone 33:25:00 29 29 - Of Physiognomy Part 3 Malone 34:26:00 30 30 - Of Experience Part 1 Cynthia Moyer 39:25:00 31 31 - Of Experience Part 2 Cynthia Moyer 39:58:00 32 32 - Of Experience Part 3 Cynthia Moyer 33:21:00 33 33 - Of Experience Part 4 Cynthia Moyer 43:16:00 34 34 - Of Experience Part 5 Cynthia Moyer 37:07:00 35 35 - Of Experience Part 6 Cynthia Moyer 36:06:00 Terms and Conditions Terms of Sale The buyer can pay using the Checkout button when the listing ends or wait to receive an automated email invoice shortly after the listing ends with totals and payment instructions. 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Features: Includes 3 page table of contents
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Run Time: 64 hours and 54 minutes
Subject: Philosophy
Length: Unabridged
Topic: Literature, Classic, Essays
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Narrator: Multiple readers
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Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Book Title: The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Intended Audience: Adults
Author: Michel de Montaigne
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Genre: Philosophy
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