The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Volum 1

W. Miller, 1811 - 545 sider

Chap Page I THAT Men arrive at the same End by different Means	1

Of Sorrow	6

That our Affections are extended beyond our Ex istence	11

How the Soul discharges its Passions upon false Ob jects when the true are wanting	21

Whether the Governor of a Place besieged ought himself to go out to parley	24

The Time of Parleys dangerous	28

That our Actions are to be judged by the Intention	31

Of Idleness	33

Of one Defect in our Government	269

Of the Custom of wearing Clothes	271

Of Cato the Younger	276

That we laugh and cry for the same Thing	281

Of Solitude	285

An Observation concerning Cicero c	300

That the Relish of Good and Evil depends in a great measure upon the Opinion we have of either	308

One Mans Honour not to be communicated to another	335

Of Liars	34

Of Readiness or Slowness in Speech	41

Of Prognostications 4 4	45

Of Constancy	50

Of the Ceremony at the Interview of Princes	53

That the obstinate Defence of a Place not in Reason to be defended deserves to be punished	55

Of the Punishment of Cowardice	56

A Passage of some Ambassadors	58

Of Fear	63

That we are not to judge of Mans Happiness before his Death	66

That he who studies Philosophy learns to die	70

Of the Power of Imagination	93

One Mans Profit is anothers Loss	108

Of Custom and the Difficulty of changing a Law once received	109

Different Events from the same Counsel	132

Of Pedantry	144

Of the Education of Children	161

The Folly of making our Capacity a Standard for the measure of Truth and Error	209

Of Friendship	215

A Letter to Madam de Grammont Countess of Guissen with twentynine Sonnets	233

Of Moderation 234	234

Of Cannibals	242

That a Man must not be too hasty in judging of the Divine Ordinances	260

To avoid Pleasures even at the Expense of Life	263

Fortune often met with in the Train of Reason	265

Of the Inequality amongst us	339

Of Sumptuary Laws	353

Of Sleep	356

Of the Battle of Dreux	359

Of Names	361

Of the Uncertainty of our Judgment	368

Of the Warhorses called Destriers	376

Of Ancient Customs	388

Of Democritus and Heraclitus	395

Of the Vanity of Words	399

Of the Parsimony of the Ancients	403

Of the Saying of Cæsar	404

Of Vain Subtleties	406

Of Smells	410

Of Prayers	413

Of Age	425

Of the Inconstancy of our Actions	429

Of Drunkenness	438

Of the Custom of the Isle of Cea	452

Tomorrow is a New Day	472

Of Conscience	475

Habit makes Things familiar to us	481

Of Honorary Rewards	495

Of the Affection of Parents to their Children	499

Of the Armour of the Parthians	526

Tittel	The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Volum 1 The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Michel de Montaigne Volum 1 av The Essays of Michael de Montaigne: Translated Into English with Very Considerable Amendments and Improvements from the Most Accurate French Edition of Peter Coste, Michel de Montaigne
Forfatter	Michel de Montaigne
Utgave	9
Utgiver	W. Miller, 1811
Original fra	Harvard University
Digitalisert	24. jun 2008
Lengde	545 sider

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